2001-2002 Safety and Discipline Indicators

The 2001-2002 school year had a suspension rate of 16.8 percent. This was a 0.5 percentage point increase from the 2000-2001 school year (16.3 percent). The 2001-2002 school year had an expulsion rate of 0.3 percent. This was equal to the 2000-2001 school year (0.3 percent).

In the 2001-2002 school year, districts reported suspensions and expulsion by the Type of Incident and by the Race/Ethnicity and Gender of students involved. The files below reflect the Race/Ethnicity and Gender of the students who were suspended and/or expelled. Because a student could be suspended more than one time in a school year or could be suspended and later expelled, these tables reflect the number of students by incident. They also contain an Unduplicated Count of students.

District Level Data

• Number of Suspensions and Expulsions Reported for All Students (PDF)
• Number of Suspensions and Expulsions Reported for American Indian Students (PDF)
• Number of Suspensions and Expulsions Reported for Asian Students (PDF)
• Number of Suspensions and Expulsions Reported for Black Students (PDF)
• Number of Suspensions and Expulsions Reported for Hispanic Students (PDF)
• Number of Suspensions and Expulsions for White Students (PDF)

2-Year Trend Data

• State Suspension and Expulsion Incident Rates and Reasons(2000 - 2002) (PDF)

School Level Data

• Suspension and Expulsion Incident Rates and Reasons by School Type (PDF)
• Suspension and Expulsion Incident Rates and Reasons by School Type (XLS)