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Preface
This consolidated report includes the Annual Report on School Crime and Violence, the
Annual Study of Suspensions and Expulsions (including Alternative Learning Program
Enrollments), and the Annual Report on Dropout Events and Rate. This report plus
additional data tables may be found online at
http://dpi.state.nc.us/research/discipline/reports/
and http://dpi.state.nc.us/research/dropout/reports/.
The requirement to report annually on dropout events and rates, suspensions and
expulsions, alternative learning program enrollments is G.S. 115C-12(27). The
requirement to report annually on school crime and violence is G.S. 115C-12(21). These
General Statutes may be found in Appendix I.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONSOLIDATED FINDINGS
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1
General Findings ......................................................................................................................2
SCHOOL CRIME AND VIOLENCE
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................7
General Findings ......................................................................................................................9
Figures and Tables .................................................................................................................11
SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS
Introduction ............................................................................................................................23
General Findings ....................................................................................................................25
Section 1. Short-Term Suspensions .....................................................................................26
Section 2. Long-Term Suspensions .......................................................................................34
Section 3. Multiple Suspensions ...........................................................................................43
Section 4. Expulsions .............................................................................................................46
Section 5. Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA and Charter ...........................................50
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM PLACEMENTS
Introduction ...........................................................................................................................95
General Findings ...................................................................................................................97
DROPOUT EVENTS AND RATES
Introduction .........................................................................................................................101
General Findings .................................................................................................................102
Trends and Categorical Data .............................................................................................103
Appendix – LEA Dropout Data ..........................................................................................113
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APPENDICES
I. General Statutes ..............................................................................................................130
II. SBE Policies .............................................………………………………………………131
III. Reportable Offenses ......................................................................................................134
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FIGURES AND TABLES
SCHOOL CRIME & VIOLENCE
FIGURES
Figure C1. Number of Schools with Selected Ranges of Reported Act Totals ......................13
Figure C2. Five-Year Trend in Number of Reported Acts Receiving the Highest Total
Occurrences ..............................................................................................................................14
TABLES
Table C1. 2009-10 Reported Statewide Acts by School Levels .............................................15
Tables C2, C3. Two Year Comparison of Acts by School Levels .........................................16
Table C4. Number of Grade 9-12 Acts and Rates for Each LEA, 2009-10 ............................17
SUSPENSIONS & EXPULSIONS
FIGURES
Figure S1. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Gender ..................................................27
Figure S2. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity ...............................................28
Figure S3. Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity ..........................................................29
Figure S4. Male Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity ................................................30
Figure S5. Female Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity .............................................31
Figure S6. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Grade Level ..........................................32
Figure S7. Short-Term Suspensions by Largest Categories of EC Status .............................33
Figure S8. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Gender...................................................35
Figure S9. Long-Term Suspension Rates by Gender ............................................................36
Figure S10. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity .............................................37
Figure S11. Rates of Long-Term Suspension by Ethnicity, LTS per 100,000 ......................38
Figure S12. Male Long-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity ...............................................39
Figure S13. Female Long-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity ...........................................40
Figure S14. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Grade Level ........................................41
Figure S15. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Special Education Status.....................42
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Figure S16. Number of Students with Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Summing to
more than 10 Days ..............................................................................................43
Figure S17. Duration of Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Given to Students.....................44
Figure S18. Number of Students with Multiple Long-Term Suspensions .............................45
Figure S19. Number of Expulsions by Gender ......................................................................46
Figure S20. Number of Expulsions by Ethnicity ...................................................................47
Figure S21. Number of Expulsions by Grade Level ..............................................................48
TABLES
Table S1. Expulsions of Students Receiving Special Education Services .............................49
Table S2. Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race ......................................51
Table S3. Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race ......................80
Table S4. Grade 9-12 Short-Term Suspensions and Suspension Rates .................................89
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM (ALP) PLACEMENTS
FIGURES
Figure A1. ALP Placements by Gender .................................................................................97
Figure A2. ALP Placements by Ethnicity ..............................................................................98
Figure A3. ALP Placements by Grade Level .........................................................................98
DROPOUT EVENT COUNTS AND RATES
FIGURES
Figure D1. Grade 9-12 dropouts and dropout rates from 1999-2000 to 2009-2010 .............103
Figure D2. Frequency distribution of 2008-09 and 2009-10 dropouts by grade .................104
Figure D3. Frequency distribution of 2008-09 and 2009-10 dropouts by age .....................105
Figure D4. Proportions of grade 9-12 dropout reason codes reported ..................................108
Figure D5. 2009-2010 grade 9-12 dropout rates by ethnicity ...............................................109
Figure D6. Grade 9-12 dropout rates among ethnic groups, 2006-07 to 2009-10 ………110
Figure D7. Grade 9-12 dropout rates among ethnic/gender groups for 2009-10 ..................111
Figure D8. Grade 9-12 dropout rates for ethnic/gender groups, 2006-07 to 2009-10 ..........112
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TABLES
Table D1. Dropout reason codes added in 2007-08 ...........................................…………. 106
Table D2. Grade 9-12 dropout reason codes reported in 2009-10 ........................................106
Table D3. Changes in proportions of grade 9-12 dropout reason codes reported .................107
Table D4. Change in grade 9-12 dropout counts by ethnicity ......................................……109
Table D5. Dropout Counts and Rates, 2008-09 and 2009-10 ...............................................114
Table D6. Grade 9-12 Dropout Counts and Rates in 2005-06 to 2009-10 ............................119
Table D7. 2009-2010 Grade 9-12 Dropout Events by LEA, Gender and Ethnicity .............124
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CONSOLIDATED REPORT, 2009-10
Introduction
The decision to generate a consolidated report on school crime, suspensions, and
dropouts was grounded in the idea of a relationship between these factors and the hope of
new insights that might be gained by analyzing and reporting these data together.
Problems in schools can negatively impact a number of measurable outcomes, including
crime, suspension, and dropout rates. In the same way, improvements in school
operations can lower crime and suspension rates and make it more likely that children
will remain in school. Schools and school districts that do well in one of the areas
featured in this report will often also excel in another. In highlighting these high
performers we hope that the programs and policies that contribute to success will be
emulated by others.
The relationship between the factors of crime, suspensions, and dropouts has been
confirmed by correlating the annual rates from the North Carolina Local Education
Agencies (LEAs). Small, but significant, positive correlations have been found for the
relationships between crime and short-term suspension, between crime and dropout, and
between short-term suspension and dropout. The correlations are not large, and the
existence of a correlation does not mean that one factor leads to another. However, we
can say that the factors are associated with one another.
Sometimes correlations occur not because one factor causes another, but because an
underlying factor causes both. Underlying factors could include demographics such as
socioeconomic status or school factors such as management strategies.
Data analysis is an important tool in school management. However, care must be taken
to consider all possible interpretations of the numbers, since some factors occur together
and not all factors are easily measurable. For example, researchers in the area of dropout
prevention have documented a relationship between out-of-school suspensions and
dropping out, but there is also a relationship between behavior problems and dropping
out. Therefore, it can be difficult to determine how much impact on the dropout rate can
be attributed to student attitudes and behavior and how much can be attributed to the
suspensions themselves.
This Consolidated Report should be viewed as a starting point to begin to untangle a
number of interrelated school outcomes through annually repeated data summaries. Over
time, we hope to reveal a clearer view of these outcomes, their interrelationships, and
other underlying factors.
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CONSOLIDATED REPORT, 2009-10
General Findings
The number of acts of crime and violence by high school students increased 1.5% from
2008-09 to 2009-10. The rate of acts reported (per 1000 students) increased 1.2%.
Violent acts represented 4.3% of the total reportable acts.
Reportable acts were most frequently committed by students who were 9th graders and
male. Among ethnic groups in high school, American Indians had the highest crime rate,
followed by black students, white students, and multiracial students. Black students had
the highest rate of violent crime.
LEAs reporting zero grade 9-12 reportable acts were Clay County, Lexington City, Jones
County, and Polk County. Of the LEAs with more than zero, those with the lowest rates
of grade 9-12 reportable acts were Hoke County, Clinton City, Mitchell County, Camden
County, Sampson County, and Orange County.
LEAs with the highest rates of grade 9-12 reportable acts were Asheville City, Forsyth
County, Alleghany County, Chatham County, Swain County, Caswell County, Moore
County, Haywood County, Bladen County, and Yadkin County.
LEAs reporting the largest 3-year decreases in rates of grade 9-12 reportable acts were
Clay County, Lexington City, Jones County, Polk County, and Mitchell County.
LEAs with the largest 3-year increases in rates of grade 9-12 reportable acts were: Avery
County, Washington County, Asheville City, Martin County, and Yadkin County.
However, Washington County, and Martin County had rates below the state average.
The most frequently reported reportable acts in high school were 1) possession of a
controlled substance in violation of the law, 2) possession of a weapon excluding
firearms and powerful explosives, and 3) possession of an alcoholic beverage.
There were 131,607 grade 9-12 short-term suspensions reported statewide in 2009-10, a
decrease of 8.2% from the 2008-09 total of 143,378.
On average, one of six North Carolina high school students receives an out-of-school
short-term suspension each year. Many students receive only one suspension each year,
but a number of students receive multiple short-term suspensions. High school students
who received short-term suspensions in 2008-09 averaged about two suspensions each.
The average total duration of short-term suspensions for high school students who
received at least one suspension was 6.38 days. The average duration of a single short-term
suspension was 3.18 days. The grade 9-12 short-term suspension rate was 3.19
suspensions per ten students.
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Ninth grade students received the largest number of short-term suspensions. The rate of
short term suspensions for male students was 2.6 times higher than for females. Black
students received the highest rate of short-term suspensions followed by American
Indians. Short-term suspension rates decreased in 2009-10 for all groups except
multiracial students.
The number of long-term suspensions (11 or more days) for all students continued to
decline--from 3,592 to 3,368--as many LEAs focused on reductions. Average school
days per suspension decreased from 70 to 62.6 school days. High school students
received 2,017 long-term suspensions, a 17.6% decrease from 2008-09.
LEAs reporting the lowest rates of grade 9-12 short-term suspensions were Polk County,
Clay County, Graham County, Mount Airy City, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Lexington City,
Mitchell County, Elkin City, Mooresville City, and Watauga County.
LEAs with the highest rates of grade 9-12 short-term suspensions were Greene County,
Northampton County, Weldon City, Robeson County, Lenoir County, Scotland County,
Halifax County, Granville County, Nash-Rocky Mount, and Person County.
LEAs reporting the largest 3-year percentage decreases in rates of grade 9-12 short-term
suspensions were Polk County, Mooresville City, Hoke County, Lexington City, and
Bladen County.
LEAs with the largest 3-year percentage increases in rates of grade 9-12 short-term
suspensions were Macon County, Whiteville City, Person County, Columbus County,
and Dare County. Of these with large percentage increases, Columbus County and Dare
County had 2009-10 rates that were below the state average.
The number of expulsions fell from 116 in 2008-09 to 88 in 2009-10. High school
students received 71 of these expulsions.
Alternative schools and programs (ALPs) reported 12,096 student placements in 2009-10,
a decrease of 8.8% from 2008-09. There were 10,722 individual students placed in ALPs
during the 2009-10 school year.
High schools in North Carolina reported 16,804 dropouts in 2009-10. The grade 9-12
dropout rate in 2009-10 was 3.75%, down from the 4.27% reported for 2008-09. The
decrease in dropout rate was 12.2%.
There were decreases in 70% (81 of 115) of the LEAs.
The 16,804 dropouts recorded in grades 9-12 represented a 12.4% decrease from the
count of 19,184 recorded in 2008-09.
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LEAs reporting the lowest high school dropout rates were Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Elkin
City, Dare County, Union County, Newton Conover City, Cherokee County, Gates
County, Iredell-Statesville, Tyrrell County, and Mooresville City.
LEAs with the largest high school dropout rates were Hyde County, Vance County,
Swain County, Person County, Bertie County, Whiteville City, Kannapolis City, Hickory
City, Sampson County, and Rockingham County.
LEAs reporting the largest 3-year decreases in high school dropout rates were Graham
County, Gates County, Clinton City, Jackson County, and Burke County.
LEAs with the largest 3-year increases in high school dropout rates were Bertie County,
Whiteville City, Alleghany County, Hyde County, and Washington County. Despite the
large increase, the rate for Washington County was still below the state average.
The consolidated reporting of discipline and dropout data permits an overview of high
performing school districts in these areas. No LEAs were on all three of the “top ten”
lists of lowest rates of crime, short-term suspensions and dropouts in grades 9-12.
Seven school systems were in two of the three “top ten” lists of superior performance in
achieving low rates in these categories. These LEAs were:
 Chapel Hill-Carrboro
 Clay County
 Elkin City
 Lexington City
 Mitchell County
 Mooresville City
 Polk County
Eight LEAs were on two of the three “top ten” lists for 3-year decreases in rates of crime,
short-term suspensions, and dropouts for grades 9-12. They are:
 Graham County
 Hoke County
 Hyde County
 Lexington City
 Mitchell County
 Mooresville City
 Orange County
 Polk County
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School Crime and Violence
2009-10
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SCHOOL CRIME AND VIOLENCE, 2009-10
Introduction
In 1993, the General Assembly passed the Safe Schools Act requiring Local Educational
Agencies (LEAs) to report specified acts of crime and violence to the State Board of
Education (SBE). General Statute 115C-288(g) describes the school principal’s
responsibility “to report certain acts to law enforcement” and lists a number of acts to be
reported. The SBE later expanded on the list of acts to be reported to law enforcement.
GS 115C-12(21) requires the SBE “to compile an annual report on acts of violence in the
public schools.” The SBE has defined 17 criminal acts that are to be included in its
annual report, ten of which are considered dangerous and violent.
The ten dangerous and violent acts are:
 Homicide
 Assault resulting in serious bodily injury
 Assault involving the use of a weapon
 Rape
 Sexual offense
 Sexual assault
 Kidnapping
 Robbery with a dangerous weapon
 Robbery without a dangerous weapon
 Taking indecent liberties with a minor
Schools that report five or more of these acts per thousand students in two consecutive
years and where “conditions that contributed to the commission of those offenses are
likely to continue into another school year” are deemed Persistently Dangerous Schools
(SBE Policy SS-A-006).
The other seven acts included in this report are:
 Assault on school personnel
 Bomb threat
 Burning of a school building
 Possession of alcoholic beverage
 Possession of controlled substance in violation of law
 Possession of a firearm or powerful explosive
 Possession of a weapon
Superintendents, principals, teachers, and other school and central office personnel are to
be commended for their collaboration and willingness to implement reporting systems
and strategies resulting in the production of this report.
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Data Collection and Verification
The data used in this annual report was largely collected in the NC WISE Discipline
Module. Schools initially entered their data in NC WISE system, with the data
subsequently transferring into the Uniform System of Disciplinary Data Collection
(USDDC), a statewide reporting system. A few schools and LEAs used third-party
software conforming to USDDC specifications.
Data consolidation and verification procedures were handled by DPI with assistance from
the Technical Outreach to Public Schools (TOPS) at NC State University. The due date
for LEAs to complete their 2009-10 discipline data collections was July 7, 2010.
Principals, superintendents, and charter school directors were then required to verify the
numbers of the 17 reportable offenses submitted by each school and LEA, and those
verified numbers were checked by TOPS against the system data. Any discrepancies
were reconciled, and superintendents and charter school directors then provided a final
verification. All final verifications were completed by August 31, 2010.
After all data was verified, TOPS ran the analyses that generated the tables and figures
contained in this report. The Program Monitoring and Support Division of NCDPI
authored the General Findings and compiled the report.
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SCHOOL CRIME AND VIOLENCE, 2009-10
General Findings
The number of the “17 reportable acts” of crime and violence in grades K-12 increased
4.4% from 2008-09 to 2009-10. The rate of acts reported (per 1000 students) increased
by 5.0%. The table below shows the total acts and rate for each of the last four years
using final Average Daily Membership (ADM) as the denominator. Prior to 2006-07,
reports used 7th month ADM as the denominator.
Reporting Year Total Acts Acts Per 1000 Students
2004-05 10,107 7.45
2005-06 10,959 7.88
2006-07 11,013 7.77
2007-08 11,276 7.85
2008-09 11,116 7.59
2009-10 11,608 7.97
The changes in the numbers of each of the seventeen offenses reported from 2008-09 to
2009-10 are shown in the table below. Violent offenses (per SBE Policy Number SS-A-
006) are boldfaced and represent only 4.3% of the acts reported in 2009-10. The number
of reported violent acts increased 29.1% in 2009-10.
Acts Number of Acts
2009-10
Number of Acts
2008-09
Possession of a Controlled Substance in Violation of Law 5,172 4,826
Possession of a Weapon 3,674 3,637
Possession of Alcoholic Beverage 1,118 1,170
Assault on School Personnel 965 913
Assault Resulting in Serious Injury 150 97
Sexual Assault not including Rape or Sexual Offense 136 81
Assault Involving Use of a Weapon 88 93
Possession of a Firearm or Powerful Explosive 78 79
Bomb Threat 77 79
Sexual Offense 61 36
Robbery without a Dangerous Weapon 52 70
Burning of a School Building 27 27
Rape 3 1
Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon 3 3
Taking Indecent Liberties with a Minor 3 0
Kidnapping 1 3
Death By Other Than Natural Causes 0 1
TOTAL 11,608 11,116
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The following categories experienced increases from 2008-09 to 2009-10 (numerical
increase and percent increase in parentheses):
 Possession of controlled substance in violation of law (346, 7.2%)
 Sexual assault not involving rape or sexual offense (55, 67.9%)
 Assault resulting in serious injury (53, 54.6%)
 Assault on school personnel not resulting in serious injury (52, 5.7%)
 Possession of a weapon excluding firearms and powerful explosives (37, 1.0%)
 Sexual offense (25, 69.4%)
 Taking indecent liberties with a minor (3, up from 0 in 2008-09)
 Rape (2, 200%)
 Death by other than natural causes (1, up from 0 the previous year)
The number of acts in these categories decreased from 2008-09 to 2009-10 (numerical
decrease and percent decrease in parentheses):
 Possession of an alcoholic beverage (52, 4.4%)
 Robbery without a dangerous weapon (18, 25.7%)
 Assault involving the use of a weapon (5, 5.4%)
 Kidnapping (2, 66.7%)
 Bomb threat (2, 2.5%)
 Possession of a Firearm or Powerful Explosive (1, 1.3%)
Elementary, middle, and high schools differ in the types of acts most frequently reported.
Acts most frequently reported in elementary school were 1) Possession of a weapon
excluding firearms, 2) assault on school personnel, and 3) possession of a controlled
substance. In middle school the order was 1) Possession of a weapon excluding firearms,
2) possession of a controlled substance, and 3) possession of an alcoholic beverage; while
in high school the order was 1) Possession of a controlled substance, 2) possession of a
weapon excluding firearms, and 3) possession of an alcoholic beverage.
Crime rates for high school students increased also, as seen below. The number of acts of
crime and violence by high school students increased 1.5% from 2008-09 to 2009-10.
The rate of acts reported increased 1.2% to 15.89 acts per 1000 students in membership.
Reporting Year Total Acts Acts Per 1000 Students
2004-05 5,729 14.90
2005-06 5,996 15.08
2006-07 6,343 15.57
2007-08 6,418 15.57
2008-09 6,428 15.70
2009-10 6,524 15.89
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School Crime and Violence
2009-10
Figures and Tables
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Figure C1. Numbers of Schools with Selected Ranges of Reported Act Totals
Number of Offenses/Acts
957 940
273
77
43 32 56
138
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
0 1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 20 21 to 25 26 to 30 More than
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Figure C2. Five-Year Trend in Number of Reported Acts Receiving the Highest Total Occurrences
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Possession of
controlled
substance
Possession of
weapon
Possession of
alcohol*
Assault on
school personnel
Assault resulting
in serious injury
Bomb Threat* Sexual Assault Assault
involving use of
weapon
Number of Acts
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
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PK-5 ELEM/MID* G6-8 MID/HIGH** G9-12 OTHER† REGULAR
STUDENTS
EXCEPTIONAL
STUDENTS STUDENTS STAFF
Possession of a Controlled Substance in Violation of Law 5,172 39 55 997 259 3,735 87 3,801 1252 0 0
Possession of a Weapon 3,674 936 127 1,147 91 1,335 38 2,480 1120 0 0
Possession of Alcoholic Beverage 1118 24 31 297 30 724 12 834 271 0 0
Assault on School Personnel 965 329 63 221 29 275 48 442 496 0 483
Assault Resulting in Serious Injury 150 10 1 38 3 85 13 99 41 81 8
Sexual Assault not including Rape or Sexual Offense 136 14 2 94 2 23 1 90 41 60 0
Assault Involving Use of a Weapon 88 16 2 26 3 41 0 65 21 47 0
Possession of a Firearm or Powerful Explosive 78 11 2 20 1 44 0 58 14 0 0
Bomb Threat 77 4 2 33 6 32 0 36 16 0 0
Sexual Offense 61 7 4 14 5 31 0 31 28 17 0
Robbery without a Dangerous Weapon 52 0 0 6 8 37 1 36 12 38 0
Burning of a School Building 27 2 0 17 1 7 0 19 5 0 0
Rape 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0
Taking Indecent Liberties with a Minor 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Kidnapping 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Death By Other Than Natural Causes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11,608 1,394 289 2,914 438 6,373 200 7,995 3,320 246 491
This table shows the total reported statewide offenses/acts by school level and is ranked by the total number of occurrences of specified acts.
* A combination elementary/middle school must include some or all of the grade levels defined as elementary (PK-5) and middle (6-8).
** A combination middle/high school must include some or all of the grade levels defined as middle (6-8) and high school (9-12).
† Other includes ungraded schools, special education schools, and schools with grades that cross more than one level (e.g. K-12).
‡ Specified acts may have multiple victims per incident.
Table C1. Reported Statewide Acts by School Levels
SPECIFIED ACTS TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTS
TOTAL NO. OF ACTS BY SCHOOL LEVEL NO. OF OFFENDERS NO. OF VICTIMS‡
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PK-5 ELEM/MID* G6-8 MID/HIGH** G9-12 OTHER†
REGULAR
STUDENTS
EXCEPTIONAL
STUDENTS STUDENTS STAFF
Possession of a Controlled Substance in Violation of Law 5,172 39 55 997 259 3,735 87 3,801 1252 0 0
Possession of a Weapon 3,674 936 127 1,147 91 1,335 38 2,480 1120 0 0
Possession of Alcoholic Beverage 1118 24 31 297 30 724 12 834 271 0 0
Assault on School Personnel 965 329 63 221 29 275 48 442 496 0 483
Assault Resulting in Serious Injury 150 10 1 38 3 85 13 99 41 81 8
Sexual Assault not including Rape or Sexual Offense 136 14 2 94 2 23 1 90 41 60 0
Assault Involving Use of a Weapon 88 16 2 26 3 41 0 65 21 47 0
Possession of a Firearm or Powerful Explosive 78 11 2 20 1 44 0 58 14 0 0
Bomb Threat 77 4 2 33 6 32 0 36 16 0 0
Sexual Offense 61 7 4 14 5 31 0 31 28 17 0
Robbery without a Dangerous Weapon 52 0 0 6 8 37 1 36 12 38 0
Burning of a School Building 27 2 0 17 1 7 0 19 5 0 0
Rape 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0
Taking Indecent Liberties with a Minor 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Kidnapping 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Death By Other Than Natural Causes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11,608 1,394 289 2,914 438 6,373 200 7,995 3,320 246 491
PK-5 ELEM/MID* G6-8 MID/HIGH** G9-12 OTHER†
REGULAR
STUDENTS
EXCEPTIONAL
STUDENTS STUDENTS STAFF
Possession of a Controlled Substance in Violation of Law 4,826 43 53 957 213 3,514 46 3,646 1101 0 0
Possession of a Weapon 3,637 824 131 1,215 69 1,371 27 2,564 1025 0 0
Possession of Alcoholic Beverage 1170 11 18 276 27 821 17 882 275 0 0
Assault on School Personnel 913 262 35 262 51 273 30 438 455 0 428
Assault Resulting in Serious Injury 97 8 1 37 8 42 1 68 25 54 8
Assault Involving Use of a Weapon 93 19 1 40 0 32 1 65 28 60 5
Sexual Assault not including Rape or Sexual Offense 81 13 0 30 5 32 1 52 27 30 2
Bomb Threat 79 1 5 23 6 42 2 51 17 0 0
Possession of a Firearm or Powerful Explosive 79 10 0 20 1 47 1 58 16 0 0
Robbery without a Dangerous Weapon 70 2 0 16 0 52 0 50 17 36 3
Sexual Offense 36 3 1 2 3 27 0 24 11 8 2
Burning of a School Building 27 2 1 10 2 12 0 22 5 0 0
Kidnapping 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0
Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0
Death By Other Than Natural Causes 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rape 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Taking Indecent Liberties with a Minor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11,116 1,200 246 2,890 385 6,269 126 7,926 3,002 191 448
* A combination elementary/middle school must include some or all of the grade levels defined as elementary (PK-5) and middle (6-8).
** A combination middle/high school must include some or all of the grade levels defined as middle (6-8) and high school (9-12).
† Other includes ungraded schools, special education schools, and schools with grades that cross more than one level (e.g. K-12).
‡ Specified acts may have multiple victims per incident.
Table C2. 2009-10 Reported Statewide Acts by School Levels*
SPECIFIED ACTS TOTAL NO.
OF ACTS
TOTAL NO. OF ACTS BY SCHOOL LEVEL NO. OF OFFENDERS NO. OF VICTIMS‡
Table C3. 2008-09 Reported Statewide Acts by School Levels
SPECIFIED ACTS TOTAL NO.
OF ACTS
TOTAL NO. OF ACTS BY SCHOOL LEVEL NO. OF OFFENDERS NO. OF VICTIMS‡
Table C4. Number of Grade 9-12 Acts and Rates for Each LEA, 2009-10.
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LEA
# LEA Name
ADM,
Grades 9-13
Reportable
Acts
Reportable Act Rate
(per 1000 students)
10 ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON 6,522 112 17.17
20 ALEXANDER COUNTY 1,624 21 12.93
30 ALLEGHANY COUNTY 463 14 30.24
40 ANSON COUNTY 1,220 8 6.56
50 ASHE COUNTY 884 13 14.71
60 AVERY COUNTY 654 14 21.41
70 BEAUFORT COUNTY 2,091 42 20.09
80 BERTIE COUNTY 903 8 8.86
90 BLADEN COUNTY 1,465 32 21.84
100 BRUNSWICK COUNTY 3,470 39 11.24
110 BUNCOMBE COUNTY 7,691 161 20.93
111 ASHEVILLE CITY 1,121 38 33.90
120 BURKE COUNTY 4,254 63 14.81
130 CABARRUS COUNTY 7,990 129 16.15
132 KANNAPOLIS CITY 1,335 29 21.72
140 CALDWELL COUNTY 3,813 63 16.52
150 CAMDEN COUNTY 568 2 3.52
160 CARTERET COUNTY 2,563 19 7.41
170 CASWELL COUNTY 926 24 25.92
180 CATAWBA COUNTY 5,391 82 15.21
181 HICKORY CITY 1,173 16 13.64
182 NEWTON-CONOVER 896 11 12.28
190 CHATHAM COUNTY 2,162 64 29.60
200 CHEROKEE COUNTY 1,114 8 7.18
210 EDENTON/CHOWAN 736 10 13.59
220 CLAY COUNTY 386 0 0.00
230 CLEVELAND COUNTY 4,882 74 15.16
240 COLUMBUS COUNTY 1,925 18 9.35
241 WHITEVILLE CITY 627 8 12.76
250 CRAVEN COUNTY 4,204 61 14.51
260 CUMBERLAND COUNTY 15,591 241 15.46
270 CURRITUCK COUNTY 1,189 24 20.19
280 DARE COUNTY 1,467 19 12.95
290 DAVIDSON COUNTY 5,960 111 18.62
291 LEXINGTON CITY 761 0 0.00
292 THOMASVILLE CITY 690 10 14.49
300 DAVIE COUNTY 1,874 16 8.54
310 DUPLIN COUNTY 2,301 30 13.04
320 DURHAM COUNTY 9,538 166 17.40
330 EDGECOMBE COUNTY 2,144 22 10.26
340 FORSYTH COUNTY 14,950 459 30.70
350 FRANKLIN COUNTY 2,398 32 13.34
360 GASTON COUNTY 9,321 95 10.19
370 GATES COUNTY 586 5 8.53
380 GRAHAM COUNTY 344 4 11.63
390 GRANVILLE COUNTY 2,631 24 9.12
Table C4. Number of Grade 9-12 Acts and Rates for Each LEA, 2009-10.
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LEA
# LEA Name
ADM,
Grades 9-13
Reportable
Acts
Reportable Act Rate
(per 1000 students)
400 GREENE COUNTY 893 12 13.44
410 GUILFORD COUNTY 21,897 405 18.50
420 HALIFAX COUNTY 1,278 21 16.43
421 ROANOKE RAPIDS CITY 847 7 8.26
422 WELDON CITY 290 2 6.90
430 HARNETT COUNTY 5,389 74 13.73
440 HAYWOOD COUNTY 2,300 57 24.78
450 HENDERSON COUNTY 3,739 25 6.69
460 HERTFORD COUNTY 952 10 10.50
470 HOKE COUNTY 1,830 2 1.09
480 HYDE COUNTY 178 1 5.62
490 IREDELL-STATESVILLE 6,693 74 11.06
491 MOORESVILLE CITY 1,580 23 14.56
500 JACKSON COUNTY 974 16 16.43
510 JOHNSTON COUNTY 8,446 132 15.63
520 JONES COUNTY 365 0 0.00
530 LEE COUNTY 2,751 48 17.45
540 LENOIR COUNTY 2,949 29 9.83
550 LINCOLN COUNTY 3,697 63 17.04
560 MACON COUNTY 1,283 13 10.13
570 MADISON COUNTY 726 11 15.15
580 MARTIN COUNTY 1,098 15 13.66
590 MCDOWELL COUNTY 1,826 26 14.24
600 MECKLENBURG COUNTY 36,249 693 19.12
610 MITCHELL COUNTY 648 2 3.09
620 MONTGOMERY COUNTY 1,197 18 15.04
630 MOORE COUNTY 3,777 97 25.68
640 NASH-ROCKY MOUNT 5,041 94 18.65
650 NEW HANOVER COUNTY 7,232 145 20.05
660 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY 748 12 16.04
670 ONSLOW COUNTY 6,461 88 13.62
680 ORANGE COUNTY 2,168 12 5.54
681 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO 3,603 32 8.88
690 PAMLICO COUNTY 522 3 5.75
700 PASQUOTANK COUNTY 1,746 12 6.87
710 PENDER COUNTY 2,507 31 12.37
720 PERQUIMANS COUNTY 527 11 20.87
730 PERSON COUNTY 1,516 10 6.60
740 PITT COUNTY 6,735 78 11.58
750 POLK COUNTY 747 0 0.00
760 RANDOLPH COUNTY 5,274 83 15.74
761 ASHEBORO CITY 1,247 12 9.62
770 RICHMOND COUNTY 2,233 22 9.85
780 ROBESON COUNTY 6,519 133 20.40
790 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY 4,108 73 17.77
800 ROWAN-SALISBURY 6,110 73 11.95
Table C4. Number of Grade 9-12 Acts and Rates for Each LEA, 2009-10.
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LEA
# LEA Name
ADM,
Grades 9-13
Reportable
Acts
Reportable Act Rate
(per 1000 students)
810 RUTHERFORD COUNTY 2,789 24 8.61
820 SAMPSON COUNTY 2,303 10 4.34
821 CLINTON CITY 743 2 2.69
830 SCOTLAND COUNTY 1,842 22 11.94
840 STANLY COUNTY 2,765 34 12.30
850 STOKES COUNTY 2,184 24 10.99
860 SURRY COUNTY 2,491 30 12.04
861 ELKIN CITY 367 3 8.17
862 MOUNT AIRY CITY 499 4 8.02
870 SWAIN COUNTY 612 17 27.78
880 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY 1,139 21 18.44
890 TYRRELL COUNTY 170 2 11.76
900 UNION COUNTY 10,612 202 19.04
910 VANCE COUNTY 2,165 39 18.01
920 WAKE COUNTY 39,280 633 16.12
930 WARREN COUNTY 792 6 7.58
940 WASHINGTON COUNTY 585 5 8.55
950 WATAUGA COUNTY 1,381 24 17.38
960 WAYNE COUNTY 5,377 44 8.18
970 WILKES COUNTY 2,796 41 14.66
980 WILSON COUNTY 3,409 46 13.49
990 YADKIN COUNTY 1,832 40 21.83
995 YANCEY COUNTY 718 10 13.93
Non-Charter, Grades 9-13 410,545 6524 15.89
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Suspensions and Expulsions
2009-10
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SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS, 2009-10
Introduction
The Annual Study of Suspensions and Expulsions was designed to address the requirements
regarding suspension data in G.S. 115C-12(27). The data contained in this 2009-10
Consolidated Report were gathered from traditional and charter public schools as well as
alternative schools/programs via the NC WISE discipline module, the web-based Uniform
System of Disciplinary Data Collection (USDDC), and files from third-party software in the
specified USDDC data format.
Until 2007-08, the Suspensions and Expulsions report had separate findings for charter schools
and the regular LEAs—unlike the Annual Report of School Crime and Violence and the Annual
Report of Dropout Events and Rates. For consistency in reporting, the practice of segregating
these data has now been discontinued.
Definitions of Suspension and Expulsion
Lesser offenses committed by students are often dealt with using short-term suspensions, which
can last up to ten days. Principals usually make decisions about whether to suspend a student
short-term, about the duration of that suspension, and about whether the short-term suspension is
to be served in or out of school. In-school suspensions are usually served in an in-school
suspension classroom. When a school does not have an in-school suspension program or when
offenses are more serious or chronic, they may be dealt with through short-term, out-of-school
suspensions.
More serious offenses are usually dealt with using long-term suspensions as a consequence.
Long-term suspensions last from eleven days up to the remainder of the school year. When a
student is suspended long-term, the student may not return to their regular program in their home
school for the duration of the suspension. Districts may allow long-term suspended students to
attend an alternative learning program (ALP) or alternative school during their long-term
suspension or may assign them to alternative placements in lieu of suspensions. For reporting
purposes, students are not considered suspended while attending an ALP or alternative school.
Certain very serious offenses may result in the student not being allowed to enroll in any school
or program for the remainder of the school year or being suspended for an entire calendar year
(365-day suspension). Usually superintendents and/or local boards of education, upon
recommendation of principals, make decisions on a case-by-case basis about long-term
suspensions (including 365-day suspensions), the length of those suspensions, and whether an
ALP placement is provided.
When a student is expelled from school, the student cannot return to their home school or any
other school within the LEA. As with long-term suspensions, the superintendent and/or the local
board of education, upon the recommendation of the principal, make decisions about student
expulsions on a case-by-case basis. An expulsion is usually reserved for cases where the student
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is at least 14 years of age and presents a clear threat of danger to self or others. The acts do not
have to occur on school premises for the superintendent and/or school board to expel a student.
The law allows school districts to permit some expelled students to enroll in ALPs to complete
their education. Some districts allow expelled students to apply for readmission.
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SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS, 2009-10
General Findings
Based on data reported by all public schools in North Carolina, the number of out-of-school
short-term suspensions (1 to 10 days) given to students decreased 5.5%--from a 2008-09 total of
293,453 to 277,206 in 2009-10. During this time the number of long-term suspensions (11 or
more days) decreased 6.2% from 3,592 to 3,368.
There were 131,607 grade 9-12 short-term suspensions reported statewide in 2009-10, a decrease
of 8.2% from the 2008-09 total of 143,378. The grade 9-12 short-term suspension rate was 3.19
suspensions per ten students.
Approximately one of ten North Carolina students receives at least one out-of-school short-term
suspension each year. When looking at high school students only, this ratio rises to one of six
students. Many students receive only one suspension each year, but a number of students receive
multiple short-term suspensions.
North Carolina students who received short-term suspensions in 2009-10 averaged about two
suspensions each. The average total duration of short-term suspensions for students who
received at least one suspension was 6.38 for high school students and 5.72 days for all students.
The average duration of a single short-term suspension for high school students was 3.18 days
and 2.98 days for all students.
In 2009-10 as in past years, male students, black and American Indian students, ninth graders,
and students receiving special education services are among the groups that continue to be
disproportionately represented among suspended students.
The number of long-term suspensions (11 or more days) declined from 3,592 to 3,368. Average
school days per suspension decreased from 70 to 62.6 school days. High school students
received 2,017 long-term suspensions, a 17.6% decrease from 2008-09.
The number of expulsions declined to 88 from 116 the previous year. High school students
received 71 of these expulsions.
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Section 1. Short-Term Suspensions
Short-Term Suspensions
This section reports data for students who were suspended for 10 days or less from the 115 LEAs
and charter schools. The data here reflect short-term suspensions that may include multiple
suspensions per student. It should be noted that some students receive multiple short-term
suspensions each year; therefore, these charts represent numbers of suspensions, not numbers of
unique students.
There were 277,206 short-term suspensions reported statewide in 2009-10, a decrease of 5.5%
from the 2008-09 combined LEA and charter school total of 293,453. School days lost due to
short-term suspensions decreased 5.8%.
The 277,206 short-term suspensions in 2009-10 were given to 144,356 different students (some
students were suspended more than once), for an average of 1.92 short-term suspensions per
suspended student. The average total duration of short-term suspensions for students who
received at least one such suspension in 2009-10 was 5.72 days. The average duration of a
single short-term suspension was 2.98 days.
There were 131,607 grade 9-12 short-term suspensions reported statewide in 2009-10, a decrease
of 8.2% from the 2008-09 total of 143,378. The grade 9-12 short-term suspension rate was 3.19
suspensions per ten students.
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Short-Term Suspensions by Gender
-
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
Number of Short-Term Suspensions
2005-06 84,390 215,908
2006-07 86,224 222,875
2007-08 83,327 217,815
2008-09 80,784 211,841
2009-10 74,540 201,089
Female Male
Note: Data includes charter schools for all years except 2005-06. Gender was not reported for 1,395 short-term suspensions
in 2005-06, 1,619 in 2006-07, 6,965 in 2007-08, 828 in 2008-09, and 1,577 in 2009-10.
Figure S1. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Gender.
 The rate of short-term suspensions for male students in 2009-10 was 2.6 times higher
than for females.
 Males received 201,089 short-term suspensions (ten days or less) in 2009-10. This
represents a 5.1% decrease from the previous year.
 Females received 74,540 short-term suspensions. Female suspensions decreased 7.7% in
2009-10.
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Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity
-
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
Number of Short-Term Suspensions
2005-06 6,572 1,409 172,920 16,392 6,269 95,985
2006-07 6,692 1,458 177,713 19,512 7,393 95,453
2007-08 6,438 1,401 171,202 20,655 7,846 90,315
2008-09 7,503 1,346 166,844 20,698 9,096 85,897
2009-10 6,433 1,293 156,411 20,679 9,979 80,635
American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White
Note: Data includes charter schools for all years except 2005-06. Ethnicity was not reported or was reported as “Other” for
2,015 short-term suspensions in 2005-06, 2,499 in 2006-07, 10,250 in 2007-08 2,069 in 2008-09, and 1,776 in 2009-10.
Figure S2. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity.
 Black students received the most short-term suspensions, followed by white students and
Hispanic students.
 From 2008-09 to 2009-10, the number of short-term suspensions received by American
Indian, black, and white students decreased by 14.3%, 6.3%, and 6.1%, respectively.
 The number of suspensions received by Asian and Hispanic students decreased by 3.9%
and 0.1%, respectively.
 The number of suspensions received by multiracial students increased by 9.7%.
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0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
Number of Suspensions per 10 Enrolled
2005-06 3.30 0.49 4.39 1.41 1.63 1.23
2006-07 3.26 0.46 4.39 1.48 1.67 1.19
2007-08 3.10 0.39 4.26 1.34 1.44 1.13
2008-09 3.61 0.38 4.15 1.34 1.67 1.08
2009-10 3.14 0.35 3.97 1.30 1.70 1.02
American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White
Note: Data includes charter schools for all years except 2005-06. Ethnicity was not reported or was reported as “Other” for
2,015 short-term suspensions in 2005-06, 2,499 in 2006-07, 10,250 in 2007-08 2,069 in 2008-09, and 1,776 in 2009-10.
Figure S3. Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity.
 As in previous years, black students had the highest rate of short-term suspension in
2009-10, followed by American Indian students.
 Short-term suspension rates decreased in 2009-10 for all groups except multiracial
students.
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Short-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity and Gender
The following charts show short-term suspension rates for recent school years, by ethnicity, for
males (Figure S4) and females (Figure S5).
Male
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
Number of Suspensions per 10 Enrolled
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2005-06 4.67 0.74 6.00 2.11 2.38 1.83
2006-07 4.52 0.73 6.02 2.19 2.41 1.77
2007-08 4.31 0.61 5.88 2.00 2.06 1.70
2008-09 5.05 0.58 5.71 2.02 2.44 1.62
2009-10 4.51 0.57 5.52 1.95 2.49 1.54
American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White
Note: Data includes charter schools for all years except 2005-06. Ethnicity was not reported or was reported as “Other” for
2,015 short-term suspensions in 2005-06, 2,499 in 2006-07, 10,250 in 2007-08 2,069 in 2008-09, and 1,776 in 2009-10.
Figure S4. Male Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity.
 Among males, Black students had the highest rate of short-term suspensions, followed by
American Indian students.
 The male student short-term suspension rates for all groups except multiracial decreased
in 2009-10.
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Female
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
Number of Suspensions per 10 Enrolled
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2005-06 1.92 0.23 2.75 0.68 0.90 0.60
2006-07 1.98 0.19 2.71 0.74 0.93 0.58
2007-08 1.85 0.17 2.61 0.66 0.82 0.54
2008-09 2.12 0.17 2.57 0.64 0.90 0.51
2009-10 1.72 0.13 2.39 0.63 0.91 0.48
American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White
Note: Data includes charter schools for all years except 2005-06. Ethnicity was not reported or was reported as “Other” for
2,015 short-term suspensions in 2005-06, 2,499 in 2006-07, 10,250 in 2007-08 2,069 in 2008-09, and 1,776 in 2009-10.
Figure S5. Female Short-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity.
 Among females, Black and American Indian students had the highest rates of short-term
suspensions.
 The female student short-term suspension rates for all groups except multiracial
decreased in 2009-10.
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Short-Term Suspensions by Grade
0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000
12th
11th
10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
5th
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
PK-K
Grade Level
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
Note: Data includes charter schools for all years except 2005-06. Grade level was not reported for 3,766 short-term
suspensions given in 2005-06, 3,140 in 2006-07, 7,177 in 2007-08, 1,025 in 2008-09, and 1,628 in 2009-10.
Figure S6. Number of Short-Term Suspensions by Grade Level.
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 As in previous years, ninth graders received by far the largest number of short-term
suspensions.
Short-Term Suspensions by Special Education or Exceptional Children (EC) Status
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000
Serious Emotional Disability
Intellectual Disability-Mild
Specific Learning Disabled
Speech/Language Impaired
Other Health Impaired
Special Education Status
2005-06 15,588 11,967 20,290 2,978 11,577
2006-07 14,771 11,241 21,242 3,404 13,619
2007-08 11,060 8,943 11,701 3,663 13,831
2008-09 12,070 8,438 21,380 4,473 14,633
2009-10 11,769 8,438 22,069 5,066 15,442
Serious
Emotional
Disability
Intellectual
Disability-
Mild
Specific
Learning
Disabled
Speech/Lan
guage
Impaired
Other
Health
Impaired
Note: The relatively low figure for students with specific learning disabilities in 2007-08 is believed to be due to problems
with manual data entry.
Figure S7. Short-Term Suspensions by Largest Categories of EC Status.
 The suspensions received by students in the five categories depicted above account for
93.6% of the short-term suspensions received by exceptional children in 2009-10.
 Exceptional children received 67,069, or 24.2% of the 277,206 short-term suspensions in
2009-10. The representation of EC students in the school population is approximately
14%.
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Section 2. Long-Term Suspensions
This section reports data for students who were suspended for 11 or more days. In 2009-10, the
recent downward trend in long-term suspensions continued.
Overall in 2009-10 there were 3,368 long-term suspensions reported. This is a 6.2% decrease
from the total of 3,592 long-term suspensions reported in 2008-09. High school students
received 2,017 long-term suspensions, a 17.6% decrease from 2008-09.
The 3,368 long-term suspensions in 2009-10 were given to 3,270 different students (i.e., some
students were long-term suspended more than once). Long-term suspensions in the state in
2009-10 totaled 210,975 days, or an average of 62.6 school days per suspension, down from 70
days per suspension in 2008-09.
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Long-Term Suspensions by Gender
-
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
Number of Long-Term Suspensions
2005-06 1,046 3,507
2006-07 1,053 3,535
2007-08 927 3,284
2008-09 807 2,772
2009-10 765 2,562
Female Male
Note: Gender was not recorded for six long-term suspensions in 2005-06, 94 in 2006-07, 1014 in 2007-08, 13 in 2008-09,
and 41 in 2009-10.
Figure S8. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Gender.
 As in previous years, the majority of long-term suspensions in 2009-10 were given to
male students. There were 3.35 long-term suspensions given to males for each one given
to females.
 From 2008-09 to 2009-10 there were decreases in the number of long-term suspensions
received by both males and females. The downward trend in long-term suspensions
began in 2007-08.
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-
100
200
300
400
500
600
Number of Suspensions per 100,000 Enrolled
2005-06 155 500
2006-07 153 493
2007-08 129 440
2008-09 112 371
2009-10 107 345
Female Male
Note: Gender was not recorded for six long-term suspensions in 2005-06, 94 in 2006-07, 1014 in 2007-08, 13 in 2008-09,
and 41 in 2009-10.
Figure S9. Long-Term Suspension Rates by Gender.
 The rate of long-term suspensions for both males and females continued to decline in
2009-10.
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Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Number of Long-Term Suspensions
2005-06 65 30 2791 292 124 1247
2006-07 68 18 2619 285 104 1466
2007-08
2008-09 76 22 2062 331 99 973
2009-10 97 14 1869 327 103 914
American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White
Note: Ethnicity was not reported or was reported as “Other” for ten suspensions in 2005-06, for 122 suspensions in 2006-07,
for 29 suspensions in 2008-09, and for 44 suspensions in 2009-10. 2007-08 is omitted due to lack of ethnicity data.
Figure S10. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity.
 Black students received the most long-term suspensions in 2009-10, 1,869. This total
was a 9.4% decrease from the 2,062 reported in 2008-09 and a 33% decrease from the
2,791 reported in 2005-06.
 White students received the second highest number of long-term suspensions in 2009-10,
914. This total was a decrease of 6.1% from the 973 reported in 2008-09 and a 26.7%
decrease from the 1,247 reported in 2005-06.
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0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
Number of Long-Term Suspensions per 100,000 Students
2005-06 327 103 709 252 323 160
2006-07 338 58 661 218 238 187
2007-08
2008-09 366 61 513 215 182 122
2009-10 473 38 475 206 175 116
American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White
Note: Ethnicity was not reported or was reported as “Other” for ten suspensions in 2005-06, for 122 suspensions in 2006-07,
for 29 suspensions in 2008-09, and for 44 suspensions in 2009-10. 2007-08 is omitted due to lack of ethnicity data.
Figure S11. Rates of Long-Term Suspension by Ethnicity, LTS per 100,000.
 Black and American Indian students had the highest rates of long-term suspension in
2009-10, 475 and 473 LTS per 100,000 students, respectively.
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Long-Term Suspensions by Ethnicity and Gender
Male
-
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
Long-term Suspensions per 100,000 Students
2005-06 470 158 1,075 410 471 240
2006-07 474 89 997 364 333 283
2007-08
2008-09 577 100 784 346 268 183
2009-10 576 54 717 320 273 179
American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White
Note: 2007-08 is omitted due to lack of ethnicity data.
Figure S12. Male Long-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity.
 Among males, black students had the highest rate of long-term suspension in 2009-10,
717 LTS per 100,000 students, followed by American Indian students (576 LTS per
100,000) and Hispanic students (320 LTS per 100,000).
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Female
-
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Long-term Suspensions per 100,000 Students
2005-06 182 48 335 85 176 75
2006-07 200 26 318 64 145 86
2007-08
2008-09 147 22 238 78 95 58
2009-10 368 21 227 88 78 50
American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White
Note: 2007-08 is omitted due to lack of ethnicity data.
Figure S13. Female Long-Term Suspension Rates by Ethnicity.
 Among females, American Indian students had the highest rate of long-term suspension
in 2009-10, 368 LTS per 100,000 students, followed by black students (227 LTS per
100,000).
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Long-Term Suspensions by Grade Level
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800
12th
11th
10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
PK-5th
Long-term Suspensions by Grade Level
2005-06 223 410 674 1500 845 557 295 47
2006-07 239 450 660 1590 739 521 273 114
2007-08
2008-09 174 345 590 1339 578 308 173 60
2009-10 189 295 521 1012 658 407 159 76
12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th PK-5th
Note: Grade level was not provided for eight long-term suspensions in 2005-06, 96 in 2006-07, 25 in 2008-09, and 51 in
2009-10. 2007-08 is omitted due to lack of grade level data.
Figure S14. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Grade Level.
 As was the case with short-term suspensions, far more long-term suspensions were given
to 9th graders than to students at any other grade level.
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Long-Term Suspensions for Students Receiving Special Education Services
Number of Long-term Suspensions
0 50 100 150 200 250
Serious Emotional
Disability
Intellectual Disability
- Mild
Specific Learning
Disabled
Speech/Language
Impaired
Other Health
Impaired
Special Education Status
2005-06 179 66 192 13 164
2006-07 162 97 198 23 156
2007-08 164 113 159 20 172
2008-09 133 65 122 25 151
2009-10 135 66 146 27 164
Serious Emotional
Disability
Intellectual
Disability - M ild
Specific Learning
Disabled
Speech/Language
Impaired
Other Health
Impaired
Note: Special education status (including “Not Disabled”) was not recorded for 32 long-term suspensions in 2005-06, 92 in
2006-07, 1018 in 2007-08, 12 in 2008-09, and 41 in 2009-10.
Figure S15. Number of Long-Term Suspensions by Special Education Status.
 The suspensions received by students in the five categories depicted above account for
96.4% of the long-term suspensions received by exceptional children in 2009-10.
 Special education students received 615 long-term suspensions in 2009-10, 16.6% of the
total long-term suspensions.
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Section 3. Multiple Suspensions
This section reports data for students who were suspended on multiple occasions during the year.
Data are shown separately for students receiving multiple short-term suspensions (multiple
suspensions of less than 11 days each) and for students receiving multiple long-term suspensions
(multiple suspensions of 11 days or more each).
Multiple Short-Term Suspensions
17,000
18,000
19,000
20,000
21,000
22,000
23,000
24,000
Number of Students
N 23,384 23,057 21,687 21,101 19,645
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Note: Data includes charter schools for all years except 2005-06.
Figure S16. Number of Students with Multiple Short-Term Suspensions
Summing to More than 10 Days.
 The number of students whose combined lengths of multiple short-term suspensions
exceeded ten days decreased 6.9% from 2008-09 to 2009-10.
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
Students
2005-06 20,842 19,286 17,281 5,501 602
2006-07 21,428 22,288 17,305 5,295 457
2007-08 21,494 22,897 16,242 4,974 471
2008-09 21,729 19,930 15,733 4,902 466
2009-10 20,522 18,632 14,518 4,694 433
2 to 5 days 6 to 10 days 11 to 20 days 21 to 40 days 41 or more days
Note: Data includes charter schools for all years except 2005-06.
Figure S17. Duration of Multiple Short-Term Suspensions Given to Students.
 In 2009-10 the number of students whose short-term suspensions summed to 41 or more
days decreased 7.1% from 2008-09. The number of students whose short-term
suspensions summed to between 21 and 40 days decreased 4.2%, and the number whose
short-term suspensions summed to between 11 and 20 days decreased 7.7%.
 In 2009-10 the number of students whose short-term suspensions summed to between 6
and 10 days decreased 6.5% from 2008-09. The number of students whose short-term
suspensions summed to between 2 and 5 days decreased 5.6%.
 Taken together these statistics indicate that students who received multiple short-term
suspensions missed fewer school days due to the suspensions in 2009-10 than in 2008-09.
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Multiple Long-Term Suspensions
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
Number of Students
N 91 144 161 62 87
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Note: Data includes charter schools for all years except 2005-06.
Figure S18. Number of Students with Multiple Long-Term Suspensions.
 The number of students receiving multiple long-term suspensions in the LEAs increased
from 62 in 2008-09 to 87 in 2009-10.
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Section 4. Expulsions
This section reports data for students who were expelled from school during the 2009-10 school
year. Students who are expelled from school in a school district are not allowed to return to the
district, although some are subsequently served in alternative learning programs, some are
allowed to apply for readmission in the district, and some apply for admission in other districts.
In 2009-10 there were 88 expulsions in North Carolina schools, down from 116 in 2008-09.
High school students received 71 of these expulsions, and four expulsions had missing grade
data.
Expulsions by Gender
-
20
40
60
80
100
120
Number of Expulsions
2006-07 13 80 9
2007-08 10 99 7
2008-09 20 94 2
2009-10 10 74 4
Female Male Missing
Figure S19. Number of Expulsions by Gender.
 As in previous years, males received far more expulsions than did females.
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 Expulsions by Ethnicity
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Number of Expulsions
2006-07 0 1 63 4 1 24 9
2007-08 0 0 68 9 0 32 7
2008-09 1 1 76 8 3 24 3
2009-10 0 1 58 6 2 17 4
American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic Multi Racial White Missing
Figure S20. Number of Expulsions by Ethnicity.
 Among ethnic groups, black students received the most expulsions, followed by white
students.
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Expulsions by Grade Level
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
12th
11th
10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
PK-5th
Grade Level
2005-06 14 14 17 35 7 4 0 3
2006-07 9 19 18 23 8 3 1 0
2007-08 10 19 21 43 10 5 1 0
2008-09 16 17 20 48 7 1 1 2
2009-10 13 13 19 26 5 6 1 1
12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th PK-5th
Note: Grade data was missing for 1 expulsion in 2005-06, 9 expulsions in 2006-07, 7 expulsions in 2007-08, 4
expulsions in 2008-09, and 4 expulsions in 2009-10.
Figure S21. Number of Expulsions by Grade Level.
 Ninth graders received the most expulsions, followed by tenth graders.
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Expulsions for Students Receiving Special Education Services
Special Education Status 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Developmentally Delayed 1 0 0 0 0
Other Health Impaired 4 2 2 3 3
Serious Emotional Disability 4 2 4 5 3
Intellectual Disability - Mild 4 2 2 0 2
Specific Learning Disabled 7 7 4 11 5
Traumatic Brain Injured 0 0 1 0 0
Speech/Language Impaired 0 0 0 1 0
Intellectual Disability - Severe 0 0 0 1 0
Missing 0 0 0 3 4
Total 20 13 13 24 17
Note: Data includes charter schools for 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10.
Table S1. Expulsions of Students Receiving Special Education Services.
 20.7% of all students expelled were Special Education students (17 of 88).
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Section 5. Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA and Charter
Table S2 contains counts of short-term suspensions, long-term suspensions, and expulsions
in the 115 LEAs for each gender/race combination.
Table S3 contains counts of short-term suspensions, long-term suspensions, and expulsions
in the charter schools for each gender/race combination. Charter schools are omitted if no
suspensions or expulsions were reported.
Table S4 contains grade 9-13 short-term suspensions and short-term suspension rates for
each LEA.
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Alamance-Burlington Total 3490 9 0
(010) Female American Indian 7 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 487 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 57 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 47 < 5 0
Female White 322 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Asian 7 < 5 0
Male Black 1115 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 297 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 131 < 5 0
Male White 1005 6 0
Missing Other/Missing 7 < 5 0
Alexander County (020) Total 545 3 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 16 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 6 < 5 0
Female Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Female White 81 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 34 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 31 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 18 < 5 0
Male White 351 < 5 0
Alleghany County (030) Total 223 4 0
Female White 37 < 5 0
Male Black 7 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 22 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 11 < 5 0
Male White 145 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Anson County (040) Total 1435 20 0
Female American Indian 0 < 5 0
Female Black 352 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial 7 0 0
Female White 12 0 0
Male American Indian 10 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 956 15 0
Male Hispanic 12 0 0
Male Multiracial < 5 0 0
Male White 81 < 5 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Ashe County (050) Total 282 2 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female White 45 < 5 0
Male Black < 5 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 19 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 11 < 5 0
Male White 175 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 29 < 5 0
Avery County (060) Total 91 0 0
Female White 13 0 0
Male Hispanic < 5 0 0
Male White 74 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Beaufort County (070) Total 2193 5 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 349 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 16 0 0
Female Multiracial 18 0 0
Female White 88 0 0
Male Black 1083 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 100 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 58 0 0
Male White 470 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 9 0 0
Bertie County (080) Total 553 9 0
Female Black 161 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female White < 5 0 0
Male Black 355 0 0
Male Hispanic < 5 0 0
Male Multiracial < 5 0 0
Male White 24 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 9 0
Bladen County (090) Total 460 11 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 70 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 14 0 0
Male American Indian 9 < 5 0
Male Black 272 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 8 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 12 0 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male White 68 < 5 0
Brunswick County (100) Total 2202 4 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 194 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 9 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 33 < 5 0
Female White 251 < 5 0
Male American Indian 14 < 5 0
Male Asian 10 < 5 0
Male Black 571 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 86 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 96 < 5 0
Male White 927 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 6 < 5 0
Buncombe County (110) Total 3340 48 0
Female American Indian 6 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 146 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 38 0 0
Female Multiracial 62 0 0
Female White 576 < 5 0
Male American Indian 21 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 462 9 0
Male Hispanic 176 5 0
Male Multiracial 160 < 5 0
Male White 1687 25 0
Asheville City (111) Total 758 19 0
Female Black 176 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial 38 0 0
Female White 36 0 0
Male Black 319 12 0
Male Hispanic 10 0 0
Male Multiracial 58 < 5 0
Male White 120 < 5 0
Burke County (120) Total 1531 1 2
Female American Indian 6 < 5 < 5
Female Asian 5 < 5 < 5
Female Black 37 < 5 < 5
Female Hispanic 11 < 5 < 5
Female Multiracial 15 < 5 < 5
Female White 232 < 5 < 5
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 < 5
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Asian 35 < 5 < 5
Male Black 145 < 5 < 5
Male Hispanic 58 < 5 < 5
Male Multiracial 82 < 5 < 5
Male White 893 < 5 < 5
Missing Other/Missing 10 < 5 < 5
Cabarrus County (130) Total 3479 218 0
Female American Indian 7 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 302 14 0
Female Hispanic 122 6 0
Female Multiracial 42 < 5 0
Female White 296 21 0
Male American Indian 11 < 5 0
Male Asian 8 0 0
Male Black 1040 60 0
Male Hispanic 281 26 0
Male Multiracial 152 < 5 0
Male White 1214 83 0
Kannapolis City (132) Total 1041 3 0
Female Black 123 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 47 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 9 < 5 0
Female White 90 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 391 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 144 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 43 < 5 0
Male White 189 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Caldwell County (140) Total 1423 8 0
Female Black 41 0 0
Female Hispanic 14 0 0
Female Multiracial 31 < 5 0
Female White 270 0 0
Male American Indian < 5 0 0
Male Black 140 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 47 0 0
Male Multiracial 58 < 5 0
Male White 820 < 5 0
Camden County (150) Total 101 4 1
Female Black 5 < 5 < 5
Female White 20 < 5 < 5
Male Asian < 5 < 5 < 5
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Black 5 < 5 < 5
Male White 69 < 5 < 5
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 < 5
Carteret County (160) Total 1068 3 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 29 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 16 < 5 0
Female White 200 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 123 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 18 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 23 < 5 0
Male White 645 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 7 < 5 0
Caswell County (170) Total 873 0 0
Female Black 104 0 0
Female Hispanic 14 0 0
Female Multiracial 8 0 0
Female White 87 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 310 0 0
Male Hispanic 12 0 0
Male Multiracial 9 0 0
Male White 304 0 0
Missing Other/Missing 24 0 0
Catawba County (180) Total 1502 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 71 0 0
Female Hispanic 23 0 0
Female Multiracial 20 0 0
Female White 212 0 0
Male American Indian 5 0 0
Male Asian 18 0 0
Male Black 150 0 0
Male Hispanic 97 0 0
Male Multiracial 54 0 0
Male White 850 0 0
Hickory City (181) Total 706 10 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 142 0 0
Female Hispanic 6 0 0
Female Multiracial 17 < 5 0
Female White 20 0 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Asian 8 0 0
Male Black 243 5 0
Male Hispanic 69 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 42 < 5 0
Male White 156 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Newton Conover City Total 399 0 0
(182) Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 65 0 0
Female Hispanic 10 0 0
Female Multiracial 7 0 0
Female White 49 0 0
Male Black 119 0 0
Male Hispanic 36 0 0
Male Multiracial 16 0 0
Male White 95 0 0
Chatham County (190) Total 1001 12 0
Female Black 49 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 34 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 7 0 0
Female White 80 0 0
Male American Indian < 5 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 215 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 124 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 41 0 0
Male White 408 6 0
Missing Other/Missing 40 < 5 0
Cherokee County (200) Total 202 1 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black < 5 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 5 < 5 0
Female White 37 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black < 5 < 5 0
Male Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Male Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Male White 128 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 15 < 5 0
Edenton/Chowan (210) Total 270 1 0
Female Black 51 < 5 0
Female Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Female White 13 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Black 153 < 5 0
Male Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Male White 44 < 5 0
Clay County (220) Total 28 0 0
Female Black < 5 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White < 5 0 0
Male Black < 5 0 0
Male Hispanic < 5 0 0
Male White 16 0 0
Cleveland County (230) Total 4142 77 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 562 8 0
Female Hispanic 10 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 21 < 5 0
Female White 531 6 0
Male American Indian 11 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 1281 38 0
Male Hispanic 78 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 90 0 0
Male White 1553 19 0
Columbus County (240) Total 1656 10 0
Female American Indian 22 < 5 0
Female Black 321 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 16 0 0
Female Multiracial 8 0 0
Female White 127 0 0
Male American Indian 42 0 0
Male Black 703 5 0
Male Hispanic 50 0 0
Male Multiracial 17 0 0
Male White 345 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 5 0 0
Whiteville City (241) Total 720 2 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 152 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Female White 46 < 5 0
Male American Indian 5 < 5 0
Male Black 338 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 10 < 5 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Multiracial 22 < 5 0
Male White 140 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Craven County (250) Total 3989 36 5
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 679 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 34 0 0
Female Multiracial 32 0 0
Female White 302 6 0
Male American Indian 8 0 0
Male Asian 33 0 0
Male Black 1561 8 < 5
Male Hispanic 173 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 94 0 < 5
Male White 1046 17 < 5
Missing Other/Missing 23 0 0
Cumberland County (260) Total 10935 106 0
Female American Indian 67 < 5 0
Female Asian 15 0 0
Female Black 2308 13 0
Female Hispanic 144 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 126 0 0
Female White 514 7 0
Male American Indian 154 < 5 0
Male Asian 45 < 5 0
Male Black 5278 44 0
Male Hispanic 283 6 0
Male Multiracial 319 < 5 0
Male White 1682 27 0
Currituck County (270) Total 571 0 0
Female Black 8 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 137 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 63 0 0
Male Hispanic 10 0 0
Male Multiracial 6 0 0
Male White 338 0 0
Dare County (280) Total 329 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black < 5 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female White 75 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 6 0 0
Male Hispanic 17 0 0
Male Multiracial 16 0 0
Male White 203 0 0
Davidson County (290) Total 2463 19 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 51 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 20 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 14 < 5 0
Female White 495 5 0
Male American Indian 6 < 5 0
Male Asian 17 < 5 0
Male Black 108 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 83 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 40 < 5 0
Male White 1626 12 0
Lexington City (291) Total 186 0 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 37 0 0
Female Hispanic 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 5 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 68 0 0
Male Hispanic 13 0 0
Male Multiracial 10 0 0
Male White 40 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Thomasville City (292) Total 908 2 0
Female Black 100 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 60 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 18 < 5 0
Female White 54 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 380 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 102 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 57 < 5 0
Male White 133 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Davie County (300) Total 441 3 0
Female Black 19 < 5 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female Hispanic 6 < 5 0
Female Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Female White 59 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 47 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 17 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 17 < 5 0
Male White 268 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Duplin County (310) Total 2155 2 0
Female Black 333 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 85 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 27 < 5 0
Female White 144 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 671 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 404 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 34 < 5 0
Male White 440 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 11 < 5 0
Durham County (320) Total 6492 142 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 1645 30 0
Female Hispanic 148 0 0
Female Multiracial 42 0 0
Female White 82 0 0
Male American Indian 11 0 0
Male Asian 19 < 5 0
Male Black 3629 88 0
Male Hispanic 488 16 0
Male Multiracial 136 < 5 0
Male White 289 5 0
Edgecombe County (330) Total 2764 12 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 632 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 12 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 7 < 5 0
Female White 102 < 5 0
Male Black 1594 8 0
Male Hispanic 48 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 14 < 5 0
Male White 339 < 5 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Missing Other/Missing 13 < 5 0
Forsyth County (340) Total 12135 43 25
Female American Indian 7 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 2403 < 5 < 5
Female Hispanic 420 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 142 < 5 0
Female White 477 < 5 0
Male American Indian 11 0 0
Male Asian 28 0 < 5
Male Black 5339 21 15
Male Hispanic 1358 5 5
Male Multiracial 356 < 5 0
Male White 1590 9 < 5
Franklin County (350) Total 1851 44 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 265 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 38 0 0
Female Multiracial 20 0 0
Female White 147 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 683 13 0
Male Hispanic 110 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 34 < 5 0
Male White 547 20 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Gaston County (360) Total 6684 51 1
Female American Indian 5 < 5 < 5
Female Asian < 5 0 < 5
Female Black 943 6 < 5
Female Hispanic 107 0 < 5
Female Multiracial 68 0 < 5
Female White 745 < 5 < 5
Male American Indian 21 0 < 5
Male Asian 9 0 < 5
Male Black 1813 22 < 5
Male Hispanic 277 < 5 < 5
Male Multiracial 143 0 < 5
Male White 2551 17 < 5
Gates County (370) Total 437 8 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 53 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial 7 0 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female White 40 < 5 0
Male Black 163 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 5 0 0
Male Multiracial 18 < 5 0
Male White 141 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 8 0 0
Graham County (380) Total 51 2 0
Female White < 5 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Male White 45 < 5 0
Granville County (390) Total 2710 31 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 420 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 25 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 24 < 5 0
Female White 163 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 0 0
Male Asian 6 0 0
Male Black 1256 15 0
Male Hispanic 107 0 0
Male Multiracial 26 0 0
Male White 680 7 0
Greene County (400) Total 1129 0 0
Female Black 252 0 0
Female Hispanic 29 0 0
Female Multiracial 9 0 0
Female White 49 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 495 0 0
Male Hispanic 111 0 0
Male Multiracial 20 0 0
Male White 149 0 0
Missing Other/Missing 14 0 0
Guilford County (410) Total 10881 93 0
Female American Indian 24 < 5 0
Female Asian 30 0 0
Female Black 2355 9 0
Female Hispanic 142 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 160 < 5 0
Female White 361 < 5 0
Male American Indian 45 < 5 0
Male Asian 113 < 5 0
Male Black 5287 49 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Hispanic 422 5 0
Male Multiracial 379 < 5 0
Male White 1563 20 0
Halifax County (420) Total 1689 5 0
Female American Indian 7 0 0
Female Black 454 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White < 5 0 0
Male American Indian 27 0 0
Male Black 1116 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 17 0 0
Male Multiracial 11 0 0
Male White 23 0 0
Missing Other/Missing 24 0 0
Roanoke Rapids Total 621 2 1
City (421) Female Black 64 < 5 < 5
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 < 5
Female Multiracial 7 < 5 < 5
Female White 67 < 5 < 5
Male Black 180 < 5 < 5
Male Hispanic 13 < 5 < 5
Male Multiracial 12 < 5 < 5
Male White 276 < 5 < 5
Weldon City (422) Total 307 0 0
Female Black 55 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female White < 5 0 0
Male Black 191 0 0
Male White < 5 0 0
Missing Other/Missing 58 0 0
Harnett County (430) Total 3323 5 0
Female American Indian 12 < 5 0
Female Black 356 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 73 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 44 < 5 0
Female White 233 < 5 0
Male American Indian 39 < 5 0
Male Asian 8 < 5 0
Male Black 1245 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 244 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 111 < 5 0
Male White 957 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Haywood County (440) Total 722 36 0
Table S2. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by LEA, Gender, and Race
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black < 5 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 5 < 5 0
Female White 208 9 0
Male American Indian 9 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 7 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 24 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 11 < 5 0
Male White 452 24 0
Henderson County (450) Total 938 7 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 35 0 0
Female Hispanic 33 0 0
Female Multiracial 33 0 0
Female White 116 < 5 0
Male American Indian 9 0 0
Male Asian 0 < 5 0
Male Black 69 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 64 0 0
Male Multiracial 59 < 5 0
Male White 515 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Hertford County (460) Total 868 27 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 215 8 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Female White 13 < 5 0
Male Black 567 16 0
Male Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Male Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Male White 59 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Hoke County (470) Total 1790 235 0
Female American Indian 124 23 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 353 43 0
Female Hispanic 42 6 0
Female Multiracial 20 < 5 0
Female White 60 9 0
Male American Indian 248 31 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Black 618 85 0
Male Hispanic 83 10 0
Male Multiracial 34 < 5 0
Male White 185 22 0
Missing Other/Missing 18 0 0
Hyde County (480) Total 113 0 0
Female Black 12 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 5 0 0
Male Black 58 0 0
Male Hispanic 7 0 0
Male Multiracial 14 0 0
Male White 15 0 0
Iredell-Statesville (490) Total 2980 18 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 326 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 43 0 0
Female Multiracial 24 0 0
Female White 351 < 5 0
Male American Indian 7 0 0
Male Asian 11 0 0
Male Black 681 5 0
Male Hispanic 158 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 81 0 0
Male White 1295 7 0
Mooresville City (491) Total 310 4 0
Female Black 22 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 8 < 5 0
Female White 24 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 94 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 22 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 10 < 5 0
Male White 129 < 5 0
Jackson County (500) Total 294 0 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female White 60 0 0
Male American Indian 25 0 0
Male Hispanic 17 0 0
Male Multiracial < 5 0 0
Male White 184 0 0
Johnston County (510) Total 5891 78 1
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female American Indian 6 < 5 < 5
Female Asian < 5 0 < 5
Female Black 672 11 < 5
Female Hispanic 238 0 < 5
Female Multiracial 88 < 5 < 5
Female White 519 < 5 < 5
Male American Indian 25 0 < 5
Male Asian 5 0 < 5
Male Black 1469 26 < 5
Male Hispanic 629 8 < 5
Male Multiracial 256 < 5 < 5
Male White 1983 23 < 5
Jones County (520) Total 114 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 15 0 0
Female White 5 0 0
Male American Indian < 5 0 0
Male Black 51 0 0
Male Hispanic < 5 0 0
Male Multiracial < 5 0 0
Male White 17 0 0
Missing Other/Missing 20 0 0
Lee County (530) Total 1729 8 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 224 0 0
Female Hispanic 70 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 17 0 0
Female White 95 0 0
Male American Indian < 5 0 0
Male Asian 5 0 0
Male Black 533 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 189 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 64 < 5 0
Male White 329 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 196 0 0
Lenoir County (540) Total 3505 21 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 758 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 20 0 0
Female Multiracial 17 < 5 0
Female White 163 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 0 0
Male Asian 8 0 0
Male Black 1812 6 0
Male Hispanic 84 0 0
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Multiracial 69 < 5 0
Male White 527 0 0
Missing Other/Missing 43 10 0
Lincoln County (550) Total 1976 10 0
Female American Indian 5 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 79 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 30 0 0
Female Multiracial 23 < 5 0
Female White 329 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 201 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 89 0 0
Male Multiracial 41 0 0
Male White 1002 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 173 < 5 0
Macon County (560) Total 892 3 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 24 < 5 0
Female Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Female White 241 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 12 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 55 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 25 < 5 0
Male White 526 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Madison County (570) Total 393 3 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Female White 102 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 5 < 5 0
Male Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Male White 280 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Martin County (580) Total 1406 8 0
Female Black 325 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 6 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 8 < 5 0
Female White 51 < 5 0
Male Black 795 7 0
Male Hispanic 25 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 24 < 5 0
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male White 167 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 5 < 5 0
McDowell County (590) Total 548 9 0
Female Black 6 0 0
Female Hispanic 20 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 129 0 0
Male American Indian 5 0 0
Male Black 18 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 31 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 12 0 0
Male White 320 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Charlotte- Total 33589 96 3
Mecklenburg (600) Female American Indian 44 0 < 5
Female Asian 54 < 5 < 5
Female Black 7355 21 < 5
Female Hispanic 876 < 5 < 5
Female Multiracial 299 0 < 5
Female White 847 < 5 < 5
Male American Indian 119 < 5 < 5
Male Asian 230 < 5 < 5
Male Black 17510 48 < 5
Male Hispanic 2589 11 < 5
Male Multiracial 841 < 5 < 5
Male White 2781 7 < 5
Missing Other/Missing 44 0 < 5
Mitchell County (610) Total 76 0 0
Female White 12 0 0
Male Hispanic < 5 0 0
Male White 59 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Montgomery County (620) Total 589 0 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 102 0 0
Female Hispanic 24 0 0
Female Multiracial 7 0 0
Female White 72 0 0
Male Asian 6 0 0
Male Black 159 0 0
Male Hispanic 90 0 0
Male Multiracial 7 0 0
Male White 120 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Moore County (630) Total 1958 69 0
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 230 8 0
Female Hispanic 23 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 11 < 5 0
Female White 185 9 0
Male American Indian 28 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 629 23 0
Male Hispanic 83 5 0
Male Multiracial 76 < 5 0
Male White 681 22 0
Missing Other/Missing 7 0 0
Nash-Rocky Mount (640) Total 6203 37 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 1575 9 0
Female Hispanic 38 0 0
Female Multiracial 24 0 0
Female White 135 < 5 0
Male American Indian 12 0 0
Male Asian 32 0 0
Male Black 3617 18 0
Male Hispanic 133 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 79 0 0
Male White 553 5 0
New Hanover (650) Total 4501 22 5
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Asian 5 0 0
Female Black 901 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 40 0 0
Female Multiracial 86 < 5 0
Female White 368 < 5 0
Male American Indian 11 0 0
Male Asian 13 0 0
Male Black 1738 7 < 5
Male Hispanic 117 0 0
Male Multiracial 157 < 5 0
Male White 1061 9 0
Missing Other/Missing 0 < 5 < 5
Northampton Total 1354 11 1
County (660) Female American Indian < 5 < 5 < 5
Female Black 349 < 5 < 5
Female White 32 < 5 < 5
Female Other/Missing < 5 < 5 < 5
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Asian < 5 < 5 < 5
Male Black 846 8 < 5
Male Hispanic < 5 < 5 < 5
Male White 89 < 5 < 5
Male Other/Missing 14 < 5 < 5
Missing Other/Missing 19 < 5 < 5
Onslow County (670) Total 2629 3 0
Female American Indian 5 < 5 0
Female Asian 5 < 5 0
Female Black 243 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 45 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 59 < 5 0
Female White 247 < 5 0
Male American Indian 16 < 5 0
Male Asian 12 < 5 0
Male Black 620 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 113 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 212 < 5 0
Male White 1041 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 11 < 5 0
Orange County (680) Total 929 0 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 145 0 0
Female Hispanic 15 0 0
Female Multiracial 6 0 0
Female White 100 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 312 0 0
Male Hispanic 40 0 0
Male Multiracial 10 0 0
Male White 299 0 0
Chapel Hill - Total 399 3 1
Carrboro (681) Female Asian < 5 < 5 < 5
Female Black 62 < 5 < 5
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 < 5
Female Multiracial 5 < 5 < 5
Female White 9 < 5 < 5
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 < 5
Male Asian 13 < 5 < 5
Male Black 163 < 5 < 5
Male Hispanic 62 < 5 < 5
Male Multiracial 21 < 5 < 5
Male White 56 < 5 < 5
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 < 5
Pamlico County (690) Total 396 0 0
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 52 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 61 0 0
Male Black 92 0 0
Male Hispanic < 5 0 0
Male Multiracial 9 0 0
Male White 171 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Elizabeth City Total 1968 34 3
Pasquotank (700) Female Black 337 < 5 < 5
Female Hispanic < 5 0 < 5
Female Multiracial 14 0 < 5
Female White 145 < 5 < 5
Male American Indian < 5 0 < 5
Male Asian 5 0 < 5
Male Black 925 6 < 5
Male Hispanic 26 < 5 < 5
Male Multiracial 46 < 5 < 5
Male White 460 11 < 5
Missing Other/Missing < 5 11 < 5
Pender County (710) Total 1290 6 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 158 0 0
Female Hispanic 11 0 0
Female Multiracial 26 0 0
Female White 123 0 0
Male American Indian 7 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 345 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 52 0 0
Male Multiracial 24 0 0
Male White 503 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 36 0 0
Perquimans County (720) Total 190 2 0
Female Black 13 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female White 17 < 5 0
Male Black 86 < 5 0
Male White 73 < 5 0
Person County (730) Total 1373 28 3
Female American Indian < 5 0 < 5
Female Asian < 5 0 < 5
Female Black 241 7 < 5
Female Hispanic 5 0 < 5
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female Multiracial 10 < 5 < 5
Female White 119 < 5 < 5
Male American Indian 13 0 < 5
Male Black 570 11 < 5
Male Hispanic 33 < 5 < 5
Male Multiracial 24 < 5 < 5
Male White 351 < 5 < 5
Missing Other/Missing 5 0 < 5
Pitt County (740) Total 9104 173 3
Female American Indian < 5 0 < 5
Female Asian < 5 0 < 5
Female Black 2141 35 < 5
Female Hispanic 81 < 5 < 5
Female Multiracial 92 < 5 < 5
Female White 334 6 < 5
Male American Indian < 5 0 < 5
Male Asian 29 0 < 5
Male Black 5060 112 < 5
Male Hispanic 285 < 5 < 5
Male Multiracial 170 < 5 < 5
Male White 904 8 < 5
Polk County (750) Total 45 3 0
Female Black < 5 < 5 0
Female White < 5 < 5 0
Male Black < 5 < 5 0
Male Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Male Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Male White 16 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 16 < 5 0
Randolph County (760) Total 945 37 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 17 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 9 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 10 < 5 0
Female White 149 5 0
Male American Indian 5 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 74 5 0
Male Hispanic 88 5 0
Male Multiracial 24 < 5 0
Male White 563 20 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Asheboro City (761) Total 424 4 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female Black 41 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 8 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 6 < 5 0
Female White 37 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 101 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 107 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 21 < 5 0
Male White 100 < 5 0
Richmond County (770) Total 1855 2 0
Female American Indian 27 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 359 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 5 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 10 < 5 0
Female White 95 < 5 0
Male American Indian 64 < 5 0
Male Asian 5 < 5 0
Male Black 875 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 45 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 19 < 5 0
Male White 343 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 < 5 0
Robeson County (780) Total 9625 52 0
Female American Indian 1134 < 5 0
Female Asian 5 < 5 0
Female Black 1184 10 0
Female Hispanic 97 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 53 < 5 0
Female White 289 < 5 0
Male American Indian 3112 14 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 2665 19 0
Male Hispanic 242 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 131 < 5 0
Male White 709 5 0
Rockingham Total 3258 8 0
County (790) Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 323 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 23 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 24 < 5 0
Female White 363 < 5 0
Male American Indian 7 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male Black 861 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 140 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 124 < 5 0
Male White 1351 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 36 < 5 0
Rowan-Salisbury (800) Total 4327 20 0
Female American Indian 17 0 0
Female Asian 5 0 0
Female Black 650 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 110 0 0
Female Multiracial 48 0 0
Female White 483 < 5 0
Male American Indian 20 0 0
Male Asian 16 0 0
Male Black 1273 6 0
Male Hispanic 240 0 0
Male Multiracial 130 < 5 0
Male White 1335 9 0
Rutherford County (810) Total 1966 14 0
Female Black 136 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 13 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 297 < 5 0
Male Asian 5 0 0
Male Black 344 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 42 0 0
Male Multiracial 71 0 0
Male White 1047 9 0
Missing Other/Missing 9 0 0
Sampson County (820) Total 1345 0 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 134 0 0
Female Hispanic 40 0 0
Female Multiracial 12 0 0
Female White 90 0 0
Male American Indian 11 0 0
Male Black 360 0 0
Male Hispanic 158 0 0
Male Multiracial 28 0 0
Male White 217 0 0
Missing Other/Missing 291 0 0
Clinton City (821) Total 358 6 0
Female American Indian < 5 0 0
Female Black 55 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 8 < 5 0
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 7 0 0
Male Asian 0 < 5 0
Male Black 193 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 29 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 17 0 0
Male White 43 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Scotland County (830) Total 2470 17 0
Female American Indian 48 0 0
Female Black 507 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 5 0 0
Female Multiracial 16 0 0
Female White 85 < 5 0
Male American Indian 275 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 1140 7 0
Male Hispanic 5 0 0
Male Multiracial 51 0 0
Male White 318 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 19 0 0
Stanly County (840) Total 2823 23 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 276 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 18 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 22 0 0
Female White 296 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 0 0
Male Asian 14 0 0
Male Black 677 6 0
Male Hispanic 115 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 66 0 0
Male White 1332 9 0
Stokes County (850) Total 808 10 0
Female Black 16 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 168 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Black 58 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 15 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 31 < 5 0
Male White 505 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 7 0 0
Surry County (860) Total 850 9 1
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female Black 17 0 < 5
Female Hispanic 18 < 5 < 5
Female Multiracial 9 0 < 5
Female White 139 < 5 < 5
Male Black 36 0 < 5
Male Hispanic 99 < 5 < 5
Male Multiracial 36 0 < 5
Male White 437 < 5 < 5
Missing Other/Missing 59 0 < 5
Elkin City (861) Total 60 4 0
Female Black < 5 < 5 0
Female Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Female White 7 < 5 0
Male Black 5 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 11 < 5 0
Male White 34 < 5 0
Mount Airy City (862) Total 67 2 0
Female Black 10 < 5 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female White 12 < 5 0
Male Black 18 < 5 0
Male Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Male Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Male White 23 < 5 0
Swain County (870) Total 148 1 0
Female American Indian 32 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female White 24 < 5 0
Male American Indian 28 < 5 0
Male Black < 5 < 5 0
Male Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Male Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Male White 59 < 5 0
Transylvania Total 370 11 0
County (880) Female Black 30 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial 10 0 0
Female White 75 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 0 0
Male Black 28 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 7 0 0
Male Multiracial 20 0 0
Male White 196 6 0
Tyrrell County (890) Total 122 3 0
Female Black 25 < 5 0
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female White 5 < 5 0
Male Black 46 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 13 < 5 0
Male Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Male White 30 < 5 0
Union County (900) Total 5745 88 0
Female American Indian 6 < 5 0
Female Asian 8 < 5 0
Female Black 704 13 0
Female Hispanic 167 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 57 < 5 0
Female White 573 6 0
Male American Indian 27 < 5 0
Male Asian 26 < 5 0
Male Black 1621 36 0
Male Hispanic 457 7 0
Male Multiracial 152 < 5 0
Male White 1931 22 0
Missing Other/Missing 16 < 5 0
Vance County (910) Total 2960 36 0
Female American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 624 5 0
Female Hispanic 48 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 19 < 5 0
Female White 85 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 1630 29 0
Male Hispanic 153 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 24 < 5 0
Male White 291 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 81 < 5 0
Wake County (920) Total 19392 837 10
Female American Indian 18 < 5 < 5
Female Asian 29 0 < 5
Female Black 3624 109 < 5
Female Hispanic 607 32 < 5
Female Multiracial 239 7 < 5
Female White 890 37 < 5
Male American Indian 64 < 5 < 5
Male Asian 159 < 5 < 5
Male Black 8260 414 8
Male Hispanic 1788 93 < 5
Male Multiracial 662 25 < 5
Male White 3052 115 < 5
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Warren County (930) Total 954 0 0
Female American Indian 10 0 0
Female Asian < 5 0 0
Female Black 200 0 0
Female Hispanic 10 0 0
Female Multiracial 5 0 0
Female White 18 0 0
Male American Indian 22 0 0
Male Black 590 0 0
Male Hispanic 15 0 0
Male Multiracial 15 0 0
Male White 64 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Washington County (940) Total 312 0 0
Female Black 65 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 12 0 0
Male Black 176 0 0
Male Hispanic 7 0 0
Male Multiracial 9 0 0
Male White 36 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Watauga County (950) Total 163 1 0
Female Hispanic < 5 < 5 0
Female White 33 < 5 0
Male Black < 5 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 16 < 5 0
Male Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Male White 103 < 5 0
Missing Other/Missing 6 < 5 0
Wayne County (960) Total 6890 48 1
Female American Indian < 5 0 < 5
Female Asian < 5 0 < 5
Female Black 1631 11 < 5
Female Hispanic 114 0 < 5
Female White 271 < 5 < 5
Female Other/Missing 36 0 < 5
Male American Indian 10 0 < 5
Male Asian 6 0 < 5
Male Black 3301 20 < 5
Male Hispanic 366 < 5 < 5
Male White 1012 7 < 5
Male Other/Missing 140 < 5 < 5
Missing Other/Missing 0 < 5 < 5
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Wilkes County (970) Total 575 12 0
Female Black 13 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 12 < 5 0
Female Multiracial < 5 < 5 0
Female White 80 < 5 0
Male Black 19 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 28 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 12 < 5 0
Male White 408 8 0
Wilson County (980) Total 5053 44 0
Female American Indian 5 < 5 0
Female Asian < 5 < 5 0
Female Black 958 6 0
Female Hispanic 40 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 23 < 5 0
Female White 144 < 5 0
Male American Indian < 5 < 5 0
Male Asian 15 < 5 0
Male Black 2969 24 0
Male Hispanic 248 5 0
Male Multiracial 92 < 5 0
Male White 555 6 0
Yadkin County (990) Total 408 3 0
Female Black 12 < 5 0
Female Hispanic 7 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 9 < 5 0
Female White 69 < 5 0
Male Asian < 5 < 5 0
Male Black 17 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 45 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 12 < 5 0
Male White 236 < 5 0
Yancey County (995) Total 207 0 0
Female Hispanic < 5 0 0
Female Multiracial < 5 0 0
Female White 39 0 0
Female Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Male Asian < 5 0 0
Male Hispanic 14 0 0
Male Multiracial < 5 0 0
Male White 142 0 0
Missing Other/Missing < 5 0 0
Table S3. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race.
80
LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
River Mill Academy (01B) Total 54 0 0
Female Black 12 0 0
Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Female White 17 0 0
Male Black 7 0 0
Male Hispanic <5 0 0
Male White 13 0 0
Clover Garden (01C) Total 28 0 0
Female White 8 0 0
Male <5 0 0
Male White 19 0 0
The Hawbridge [01D] Total 1 0 0
Male <5 0 0
Crossnore Academy (06B) Total 13 0 0
Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Female White <5 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 8 0 0
Washington Total 85 0 0
Montessori (07A) Female Asian <5 0 0
Female Black <5 0 0
Female Hispanic <5 0 0
Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Female White 22 0 0
Male Black 20 0 0
Male White 32 0 0
Missing Other/Missing <5 0 0
Charter Day School (10A) Total 18 0 2
Female Multiracial <5 0 <5
Female White <5 0 <5
Male Multiracial <5 0 <5
Male White 13 0 <5
Evergreen Community Total 17 0 0
Charter School (11A) Female White <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 14 0 0
ArtSpace Charter Total 23 0 0
School (11B) Female White <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 19 0 0
Francine Delany (11K) Total 7 0 0
Female Black <5 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Table S3. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race.
81
LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male White <5 0 0
The New Dimensions Total 2 0 0
School (12A) Male <5 0 0
Carolina International Total 31 0 0
School (13A) Female Black 6 0 0
Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Female White <5 0 0
Male Black 12 0 0
Male White 10 0 0
Cape Lookout Marine Total 30 2 1
Science High School Female Black <5 <5 <5
(16A) Female White <5 <5 <5
Male Black 6 <5 <5
Male Hispanic <5 <5 <5
Male Multiracial <5 <5 <5
Male White 14 <5 <5
Male Other/Missing <5 <5 <5
Missing Other/Missing <5 <5 <5
Tiller School (16B) Total 5 0 0
Female White <5 0 0
Male White <5 0 0
Chatham Charter Total 6 0 0
School (19A) Male Black <5 0 0
Male White <5 0 0
The Woods Charter Total 21 0 0
School (19B) Female White 5 0 0
Male <5 0 0
Male White 15 0 0
Learning Center (20A) Total 9 0 0
Female White 2 0 0
Male White 7 0 0
Maureen Joy Charter Total 68 2 0
School (32A) Female Black 22 <5 0
Female <5 <5 0
Male Black 39 <5 0
Male Hispanic 6 <5 0
Healthy Start Academy Total 79 0 0
Charter Elementary Female Black 29 0 0
School (32B) Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Male Black 39 0 0
Male Hispanic <5 0 0
Male Multiracial 7 0 0
Carter Community Total 3 0 0
School (32C) Male <5 0 0
Table S3. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race.
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Kestrel Heights Total 99 0 0
School (32D) Female Black 42 0 0
Female Multiracial 5 0 0
Female White <5 0 0
Male Black 33 0 0
Male Hispanic 7 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 10 0 0
Research Triangle Charter Total 79 0 0
Academy (32H) Female Asian <5 0 0
Female Black 14 0 0
Male Black 46 0 0
Male Hispanic <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White <5 0 0
Missing Other/Missing 13 0 0
The Central Park School for Total 9 0 0
Children [32K] Female Black <5 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Missing Other/Missing <5 0 0
Voyager Academy (32L) Total 26 0 0
Female Asian <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 20 0 0
Missing Other/Missing <5 0 0
Quality Education Total 24 0 0
Academy (34B) Female Black 5 0 0
Male Black 18 0 0
Male <5 0 0
The Downtown Middle Total 30 0 0
School (34C) Female Black 11 0 0
Female Hispanic <5 0 0
Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Male Black 14 0 0
Missing Other/Missing <5 0 0
Forsyth Academies (34F) Total 158 1 0
Female Black 40 <5 0
Female Multiracial <5 <5 0
Female White 5 <5 0
Male Black 80 <5 0
Male Hispanic 8 <5 0
Male Multiracial 6 <5 0
Male White 15 <5 0
Crosscreek Charter (35A) Total 5 0 0
Table S3. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race.
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male White 5 0 0
Piedmont Community Total 143 0 0
School (36B) Female Black 17 0 0
Female Hispanic <5 0 0
Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Female White 19 0 0
Male Asian <5 0 0
Male Black 27 0 0
Male Hispanic <5 0 0
Male Multiracial 9 0 0
Male White 62 0 0
Greensboro Academy [41B] Total 21 0 0
Female Black <5 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Male Hispanic <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 13 0 0
Guilford Preparatory Total 38 0 0
Academy (41C) Female Black 10 0 0
Female Other/Missing <5 0 0
Male Black 21 0 0
Male White <5 0 0
Male Other/Missing <5 0 0
TRIAD Math & Science Total 21 1 0
(41F) Female Black 7 <5 0
Female White <5 <5 0
Male Black 9 <5 0
Male White <5 <5 0
American Renaissance Total 24 0 0
School (49B) Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Female White <5 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 16 0 0
Success Institute [49D] Total 1 0 0
Missing <5 0 0
Pine Lake Preparatory Total 16 0 2
(49E) Female Black <5 0 0
Female White <5 0 0
Male White 11 0 2
Summit Charter School [50A] Total 2 0 0
Male <5 0 0
Neuse Charter [51A] Total 1 1 0
Female White <5 <5 0
Table S3. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race.
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male White <5 <5 0
The Children's Village Total 23 0 0
Academy (54A) Female Black 12 0 0
Male Black 11 0 0
Kinston Charter Total 17 0 0
Academy [54B] Female <5 0 0
Male Black 13 0 0
Lincoln Charter School Total 77 0 0
(55A) Female Black <5 0 0
Female Hispanic <5 0 0
Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Female White 18 0 0
Male Hispanic <5 0 0
Male White 55 0 0
The Community Charter Total 17 0 0
School (60A) Female Black 5 0 0
Male Black 8 0 0
Male <5 0 0
Sugar Creek Charter Total 203 0 0
School (60B) Female Black 80 0 0
Male <5 0 0
Male Black 117 0 0
Male Hispanic 5 0 0
Kennedy School (60C) Total 104 0 12
Female Black 30 0 <5
Female <5 0 <5
Male Black 73 0 9
Lake Norman Charter Total 64 0 1
School (60D) Female Black <5 0 <5
Female Multiracial <5 0 <5
Female White 9 0 <5
Male Black 11 0 <5
Male Multiracial <5 0 <5
Male White 38 0 <5
Queen's Grant Total 76 0 0
Community Schools Female Black <5 0 0
(60G) Female White 10 0 0
Male Asian <5 0 0
Male Black 10 0 0
Male Hispanic <5 0 0
Male White 48 0 0
Crossroads Charter Total 148 13 0
High School (60H) Female American Indian <5 <5 0
Female Black 46 <5 0
Table S3. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race.
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Female Hispanic <5 <5 0
Male Black 99 10 0
Missing Other/Missing <5 <5 0
Community School Total 1 0 0
of Davidson [60I] Male <5 0 0
Socrates Academy (60J) Total 6 0 0
Female <5 0 0
Male White 5 0 0
Charlotte Secondary Total 20 0 2
School (60K) Female Black <5 0 <5
Female White <5 0 <5
Male Black 5 0 <5
Male Hispanic <5 0 <5
Male Multiracial <5 0 <5
Male White 7 0 <5
KIPP: Charlotte (60L) Total 65 0 1
Female Black 9 0 <5
Male Black 54 0 <5
Male <5 0 <5
The Academy of Moore Total 2 0 0
County (63A) Female <5 0 0
Male <5 0 0
Rocky Mount Prep [64A] Total 35 4 0
Female Black 9 <5 0
Male Black 17 <5 0
Male <5 <5 0
Male White 8 <5 0
Cape Fear Center for Total 38 0 0
Inquiry (65A) Female Black 7 0 0
Female Multiracial <5 0 0
Female White <5 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Male Multiracial 7 0 0
Male White 18 0 0
Wilmington Preparatory Total 17 0 0
Academy (65B) Female Black <5 0 0
Male Black 13 0 0
Missing Other/Missing <5 0 0
Gaston College Total 91 3 0
Preparatory (66A) Female Black 30 3 0
Female White <5 0 0
Male American Indian <5 0 0
Male Black 47 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Table S3. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race.
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male White 5 0 0
PACE Academy (68N) Total 45 0 0
Missing Other/Missing 45 0 0
Arapahoe Charter Total 33 1 0
School (69A) Female White 8 <5 0
Male Black 10 <5 0
Male White 14 <5 0
Missing <5 <5 0
CIS Academy (78A) Total 3 0 0
Female American Indian <5 0 0
Male American Indian <5 0 0
Bethany Community Total 22 1 0
School (79A) Female White <5 <5 0
Male Black <5 <5 0
Male Multiracial 8 <5 0
Male White 7 <5 0
Thomas Jefferson Total 31 0 0
Classical Academy (81A) Missing Other/Missing 31 0 0
Gray Stone Day Total 7 0 0
School (84B) Female White <5 0 0
Male White <5 0 0
Millennium Charter Total 5 0 0
Academy (86T) Male Hispanic <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White <5 0 0
Mountain Discovery Total 1 0 0
Charter (87A) Male <5 0 0
Union Academy (90A) Total 29 0 0
Female Black <5 0 0
Female White 6 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Male Hispanic <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 18 0 0
Vance Charter Total 25 0 0
School (91A) Female White <5 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Male White 21 0 0
The Franklin Academy Total 56 0 0
(92F) Female Black <5 0 0
Female White 9 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 44 0 0
Table S3. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race.
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
East Wake Academy Total 27 0 0
(92G) Female White 5 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Male Multiracial <5 0 0
Male White 16 0 0
Raleigh Charter High Total 10 0 0
School (92K) Female White <5 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Male White <5 0 0
Torchlight Academy Total 2 0 0
(92L) Female <5 0 0
Male <5 0 0
PreEminent Charter Total 125 2 0
School (92M) Female Black 17 <5 0
Female Multiracial <5 <5 0
Female White <5 <5 0
Male Black 95 <5 0
Male Hispanic <5 <5 0
Male Multiracial 5 <5 0
Southern Wake Total 35 1 0
Academy (92P) Female Black <5 <5 0
Female Hispanic <5 <5 0
Female Multiracial <5 <5 0
Female White <5 <5 0
Male Black 17 <5 0
Male Hispanic <5 <5 0
Male Multiracial <5 <5 0
Male White 8 <5 0
Hope Elementary Total 38 0 0
School (92Q) Female Black 8 0 0
Male Black 30 0 0
Endeavor Charter Total 8 0 0
School (92S) Male White 6 0 0
Missing <5 0 0
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal Total 15 0 0
School (93A) Female American Indian <5 0 0
Male American Indian 12 0 0
Male Black <5 0 0
Two Rivers Community [95A] Total 3 0 0
Missing <5 0 0
Dillard Academy (96C) Total 52 0 0
Female Black 19 0 0
Male Black 33 0 0
Bridges [97D] Total 1 0 0
Table S3. 2009-10 Suspensions and Expulsions by Charter School, Gender, and Race.
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LEA Gender Ethnicity
# Short-term
suspensions
2009-10
# Long-term
suspensions
2009-10
#
Expulsions
2009-10
Male White <5 0 0
Sallie B. Howard Total 125 1 0
School (98A) Female Black 44 <5 0
Female Hispanic <5 <5 0
Female White <5 <5 0
Female Other/Missing <5 <5 0
Male Black 67 <5 0
Male Hispanic 8 <5 0
Table S4. 2009-10 Grade 9-12 Short-Term Suspensions and Suspension Rates.
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LEA # LEA Name
# Short-Term
Suspensions
Short-Term Suspension
Rate (per 100 students)
10 ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON 1746 26.77
20 ALEXANDER COUNTY 229 14.10
30 ALLEGHANY COUNTY 85 18.36
40 ANSON COUNTY 641 52.54
50 ASHE COUNTY 184 20.81
60 AVERY COUNTY 54 8.26
70 BEAUFORT COUNTY 1103 52.75
80 BERTIE COUNTY 336 37.21
90 BLADEN COUNTY 160 10.92
100 BRUNSWICK COUNTY 796 22.94
110 BUNCOMBE COUNTY 1848 24.03
111 ASHEVILLE CITY 346 30.87
120 BURKE COUNTY 759 17.84
130 CABARRUS COUNTY 1982 24.81
132 KANNAPOLIS CITY 468 35.06
140 CALDWELL COUNTY 746 19.56
150 CAMDEN COUNTY 53 9.33
160 CARTERET COUNTY 714 27.86
170 CASWELL COUNTY 461 49.78
180 CATAWBA COUNTY 762 14.13
181 HICKORY CITY 391 33.33
182 NEWTON-CONOVER 242 27.01
190 CHATHAM COUNTY 581 26.87
200 CHEROKEE COUNTY 92 8.26
210 EDENTON/CHOWAN 148 20.11
220 CLAY COUNTY 6 1.55
230 CLEVELAND COUNTY 2174 44.53
240 COLUMBUS COUNTY 592 30.75
241 WHITEVILLE CITY 372 59.33
250 CRAVEN COUNTY 2299 54.69
260 CUMBERLAND COUNTY 5092 32.66
270 CURRITUCK COUNTY 387 32.55
280 DARE COUNTY 226 15.41
290 DAVIDSON COUNTY 1399 23.47
291 LEXINGTON CITY 48 6.31
292 THOMASVILLE CITY 404 58.55
300 DAVIE COUNTY 218 11.63
310 DUPLIN COUNTY 882 38.33
320 DURHAM COUNTY 3633 38.09
330 EDGECOMBE COUNTY 858 40.02
340 FORSYTH COUNTY 6202 41.48
350 FRANKLIN COUNTY 926 38.62
360 GASTON COUNTY 2927 31.40
370 GATES COUNTY 252 43.00
380 GRAHAM COUNTY 8 2.33
390 GRANVILLE COUNTY 1632 62.03
400 GREENE COUNTY 772 86.45
Table S4. 2009-10 Grade 9-12 Short-Term Suspensions and Suspension Rates.
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LEA # LEA Name
# Short-Term
Suspensions
Short-Term Suspension
Rate (per 100 students)
410 GUILFORD COUNTY 6105 27.88
420 HALIFAX COUNTY 835 65.34
421 ROANOKE RAPIDS CITY 340 40.14
422 WELDON CITY 214 73.79
430 HARNETT COUNTY 1888 35.03
440 HAYWOOD COUNTY 414 18.00
450 HENDERSON COUNTY 423 11.31
460 HERTFORD COUNTY 409 42.96
470 HOKE COUNTY 153 8.36
480 HYDE COUNTY 48 26.97
490 IREDELL-STATESVILLE 1631 24.37
491 MOORESVILLE CITY 113 7.15
500 JACKSON COUNTY 131 13.45
510 JOHNSTON COUNTY 2773 32.83
520 JONES COUNTY 76 20.82
530 LEE COUNTY 526 19.12
540 LENOIR COUNTY 1959 66.43
550 LINCOLN COUNTY 945 25.56
560 MACON COUNTY 657 51.21
570 MADISON COUNTY 126 17.36
580 MARTIN COUNTY 502 45.72
590 MCDOWELL COUNTY 282 15.44
600 MECKLENBURG COUNTY 16018 44.19
610 MITCHELL COUNTY 41 6.33
620 MONTGOMERY COUNTY 235 19.63
630 MOORE COUNTY 974 25.79
640 NASH-ROCKY MOUNT 3067 60.84
650 NEW HANOVER COUNTY 1826 25.25
660 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY 644 86.10
670 ONSLOW COUNTY 975 15.09
680 ORANGE COUNTY 286 13.19
681 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO 191 5.30
690 PAMLICO COUNTY 219 41.95
700 PASQUOTANK COUNTY 592 33.91
710 PENDER COUNTY 554 22.10
720 PERQUIMANS COUNTY 122 23.15
730 PERSON COUNTY 902 59.50
740 PITT COUNTY 2385 35.41
750 POLK COUNTY 0 0.00
760 RANDOLPH COUNTY 527 9.99
761 ASHEBORO CITY 150 12.03
770 RICHMOND COUNTY 757 33.90
780 ROBESON COUNTY 4672 71.67
790 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY 1852 45.08
800 ROWAN-SALISBURY 1739 28.46
810 RUTHERFORD COUNTY 1008 36.14
820 SAMPSON COUNTY 495 21.49
Table S4. 2009-10 Grade 9-12 Short-Term Suspensions and Suspension Rates.
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LEA # LEA Name
# Short-Term
Suspensions
Short-Term Suspension
Rate (per 100 students)
821 CLINTON CITY 132 17.77
830 SCOTLAND COUNTY 1204 65.36
840 STANLY COUNTY 1468 53.09
850 STOKES COUNTY 353 16.16
860 SURRY COUNTY 421 16.90
861 ELKIN CITY 25 6.81
862 MOUNT AIRY CITY 25 5.01
870 SWAIN COUNTY 121 19.77
880 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY 164 14.40
890 TYRRELL COUNTY 54 31.76
900 UNION COUNTY 3047 28.71
910 VANCE COUNTY 1101 50.85
920 WAKE COUNTY 10332 26.30
930 WARREN COUNTY 353 44.57
940 WASHINGTON COUNTY 114 19.49
950 WATAUGA COUNTY 106 7.68
960 WAYNE COUNTY 2592 48.21
970 WILKES COUNTY 230 8.23
980 WILSON COUNTY 1703 49.96
990 YADKIN COUNTY 249 13.59
995 YANCEY COUNTY 123 17.13
Non-Charter, Grades 9-13 130,934 31.89
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Alternative Learning Program Placements
2009-10
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Alternative Learning Program Placements
Introduction
This report delivers disaggregated data on Alternative Learning Program and Alternative School
enrollments per G.S. 115C-12(27).
Alternative Learning Programs
Alternative learning programs (ALPs) operate with a range of missions and primary target
populations. In addition to students who are enrolled because of academic, attendance, and life
problems (pregnancy, parenting, work), some ALPs also enroll students with mild, moderate, or
severe discipline problems, including suspended or expelled students, on a case-by-case basis.
Some ALPs are programs within a regular school and some are actual schools. Usually, both
alternative schools and alternative programs serve students from other regular schools in the
school district.
Suspended and expelled students in North Carolina are sometimes placed in ALPs on a case-by-case
basis, based on processes and procedures developed by each of the 115 LEAs and the nearly
100 charter schools.
The State Board of Education, as required by GS 115C-12(24) amended by HB 168 of the 1999
Session of the General Assembly, adopted a definition of what constitutes an alternative school or
program. Basic differences between an alternative school and an alternative program usually
have to do with size, management, and accountability. The following definition is described in
SBE policy HSP-Q-001, in the broader policy on school dropouts:
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Alternative Learning Programs - Alternative Learning Programs are defined as services for
students at risk of truancy, academic failure, behavior problems, and/or dropping out of school.
These services should be designed to better meet the needs of students who have not been
successful in the regular public school setting. Alternative learning programs serve students at
any level who:
 are suspended and/or expelled,
 are at risk of participation in juvenile crime,
 have dropped out and desire to return to school,
 have a history of truancy,
 are returning from juvenile justice settings or psychiatric hospitals, or
 have learning styles that are better served in an alternative setting.
Alternative learning programs provide individualized programs outside of a standard classroom
setting in a caring atmosphere in which students learn the skills necessary to redirect their lives.
An alternative learning program must:
 provide the primary instruction for selected at-risk students,
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 enroll students for a designated period of time, usually a minimum of one academic
grading period,
 offer course credit or grade-level promotion credit in core academic areas, and
 provide transition support to and from/between the school of origin and alternative learning
program.
Alternative learning programs may also:
 address behavioral or emotional problems that interfere with adjustment to or benefiting
from the regular education classroom,
 provide smaller classes and/or student/teacher ratios,
 provide instruction beyond regular school hours,
 provide flexible scheduling, and/or
 assist students in meeting graduation requirements other than course credits.
Alternative learning programs for at-risk students typically serve students in an alternative school
or alternative program within the regular school.
An alternative school is one option for an alternative learning program. It serves at-risk students
and has an organizational designation based on the NCDPI assignment of an official school code.
An alternative school is different from a regular public school and provides choices of routes to
completion of school. For the majority of students, the goal is to return to the regular public
school. Alternative schools may vary from other schools in such areas as teaching methods,
hours, curriculum, or sites, and they are intended to meet particular learning needs.
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More information about alternative schools and the kinds of alternative learning programs aimed
at addressing the needs of students is available on the NCDPI website:
www.ncpublicschools.org/alp/.
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ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM PLACEMENTS, 2009-10
General Findings
Alternative schools and programs (ALPs) reported 12,096 student placements in 2009-10, a decrease of
8.8% from 2008-09. There were 10,722 individual students placed in ALPs over the course of the
2009-10 school year.
Males were placed in ALPs at higher rates than females, and black students were placed at higher rates
than other ethnic groups. The grade level most frequently placed was ninth.
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2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
Student Placements
Female 5,202 5,439 5,135 4,579 3,719
Male 10,703 11,810 10,634 9,267 8,377
Missing 571 1
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Figure A1. ALP Placements by Gender.
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
Student Placements
2005-06 218 73 9,067 850 449 5,673
2006-07 234 87 9,059 945 424 6,474
2007-08 218 58 8,143 931 455 5,954
2008-09 223 69 6,768 935 411 5,418
2009-10 183 63 5898 890 420 4631
American Indian Asian Black Hispanic Multi White
Figure A2. ALP Placements by Ethnicity.
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Student Placements
2006-07 439 1,170 2,120 2,701 5,245 2,522 1,682 1,339
2007-08 411 869 1788 2528 4947 2173 1648 1383
2008-09 371 764 1334 2272 4173 2154 1436 1342
2009-10 323 705 1159 1868 3516 1913 1454 1152
Grade 1-5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Figure A3. ALP Placements by Grade Level.
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Dropout Counts and Rates
2009-10
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DROPOUT COUNTS AND RATES, 2009-10
Introduction
North Carolina General Statute 115C-12(27) requires the compilation of an annual report of
students dropping out of schools in the state. Dropouts are reported for each Local
Educational Agency (LEA) and charter school in the state, and “event dropout rates” are
computed. The event dropout rate, or simply the “dropout rate,” is the number of students in
a particular grade span dropping out in one year, divided by a measure of the total students in
that particular grade span. Rates are calculated for grades 7-12 and 9-12.
The event rates are also referred to as “duplicate” rates, since a single individual may be
counted as a dropout more than once if he or she drops out of school in multiple years.
However, no student who drops out is counted more than once each year. For the purposes of
this analysis, dropouts do not include students below the compulsory school age or students in
Pre-kindergarten or Kindergarten.
A dropout is defined by State Board policy (HSP-Q-001) as “any student who leaves school
for any reason before graduation or completion of a program of studies without transferring to
another elementary or seconda