Table E-11-2.  Percentage of 9th-grade students who had ever experienced various discipline or attendance issues, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2009

Sex and race/ethnicity	Child ever						Parent ever contacted by the school about child's
	Had a lapse in school attendance1			Been suspended or expelled			Problem behavior at school									Poor attendance at school									Poor academic performance
							Total		1–2 times		3–4 times		More than 4 times			Total		1–2 times		3–4 times		More than 4 times			Total		1–2 times		3–4 times		More than 4 times
Total	2.7			14.6			27.2		19.8		3.8		3.6			18.8		12.8		2.8		3.2			26.7		19.1		4.2		3.4
Sex
Male	3.1			19.5			35.1		24.7		5.1		5.3			19.5		13.0		3.1		3.3			33.6		22.9		5.7		5.1
Female	2.3			9.7			19.1		14.8		2.5		1.8			18.2		12.6		2.5		3.1			19.6		15.2		2.6		1.8
Race/ethnicity
White	2.7			9.9			20.1		15.2		2.5		2.4			12.8		8.7		1.7		2.4			23.5		17.1		3.5		2.9
Black	2.3			31.6			46.2		32.1		6.9		7.1			22.2		14.7		4.2		3.3			35.5		24.6		6.9		4.0
Hispanic	2.6			14.5			33.1		23.9		4.9		4.3			31.5		21.6		5.0		4.9			28.7		20.9		3.9		4.0
Asian	4.1	!		5.9	!		12.9		12.3		0.4	!	‡			9.1		7.6		‡		0.6	!		10.7		7.7		‡		‡
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡			‡			‡		‡		‡		‡			‡		‡		‡		‡			‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡			28.4			44.0		23.3		13.5	!	‡			43.0		25.0		‡		15.1	!		50.0		26.2		‡		20.4
Two or more races	1.5			22.7			32.3		21.6		5.2		5.4			20.1		13.5		2.7		3.9			33.7		22.8		6.2		4.7
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	2.8			14.3			27.0		19.9		3.5		3.5			13.4		8.7		1.9		2.7			30.3		21.4		5.0		4.0
Black	3.1			41.7			58.0		36.1		9.7		12.2			25.1		15.1		5.5		4.4			45.0		27.8		9.6		7.6
Hispanic	3.6			19.1			42.5		30.1		6.4		6.0			31.3		21.5		5.5		4.2			36.7		25.2		5.4		6.1
Asian	3.2	!		10.7	!		19.9		19.2		‡		‡			10.4		9.2		‡		‡			12.9		11.7	!	‡		‡
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡			‡			‡		‡		‡		‡			‡		‡		‡		‡			‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡			34.4			51.3		22.5		21.6	!	‡			39.9		19.4	!	‡		‡			51.2		16.8	!	‡		28.3	!
Two or more races	1.6	!		27.0			42.7		27.9		6.4		8.3			20.9		15.5		2.5	!	2.9			38.9		24.1		8.1	!	6.7
Female
White	2.5			5.2			12.6		10.1		1.4		1.1			12.2		8.6		1.5		2.0			16.1		12.5		1.9		1.7
Black	1.7	!		23.5			36.6		28.8		4.7		3.0	!		19.9		14.3		3.2	!	2.5	!		27.8		22.0		‡		1.1	!
Hispanic	1.5			9.8			23.5		17.6		3.4	!	2.6	!		31.7		21.6		4.4		5.6			20.5		16.4		2.4	!	1.8	!
Asian	5.0	!		‡			5.9		5.4	!	‡		‡			7.9		6.1	!	‡		1.1	!		8.6	!	3.7	!	‡		‡
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡			‡			‡		‡		‡		‡			‡		‡		‡		‡			‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡			21.1	!		35.2		24.1	!	‡		‡			46.8		31.9	!	‡		‡			48.6		37.5	!	‡		‡
Two or more races	1.4	!		18.4			22.3		15.6		4.0		2.7	!		19.3		11.7		2.9	!	4.8			28.7		21.5		4.4		2.7	!

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

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

1 Lapses in school attendance include times when the child stopped going to school for a period of a month or more other than for illness, injury, or vacation.

2 Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

NOTE: Data are based on parent responses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data weighted by W1PARENT. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, Base-Year Restricted-Use File.