Percentage of public school students in 9th through 12th grade who had ever been suspended or expelled, by sex and race/ethnicity: 1999, 2003, and 2007

NCES 2012-026
December 2011

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Table 14.	Percentage of public school students in 9th through 12th grade who had ever been suspended or expelled, by sex and race/ethnicity: 1999, 2003, and 2007

Race/ethnicity	1999						2003						2007
Race/ethnicity	Total		Male		Female		Total		Male		Female		Total		Male		Female
	Suspended
Total¹	22.0		28.5		15.4		20.4		25.5		14.9		24.5		31.7		16.9
White	18.2		25.3		10.7		18.1		24.7		11.2		17.7		24.1		11.6
Black	37.0		40.9		33.6		30.2		33.1		27.2		49.0		57.0		38.5
Hispanic	22.7		30.1		14.1		21.9		25.4		17.9		26.5		35.5		17.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	18.4		28.1		‡		11.6	!	17.6	!	‡		12.8	!	‡		19.4	!
American Indian/Alaska Native	36.3		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		29.1		32.8		23.2	!
	Expelled
Total¹	3.0		4.1		1.9		3.9		5.3		2.4		3.2		4.4		1.9	!
White	1.8		2.8		0.8	!	3.2		4.9		1.3	!	1.1		1.6		0.7	!
Black	6.5		8.3		4.9	!	8.5		9.6		7.4		10.3		14.6	!	4.6	!
Hispanic	4.5	!	6.0	!	‡		3.6		4.9		2.2	!	4.1	!	3.4	!	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		#		#		#		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

¹ Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES), 1999, 2003, and 2007.