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Student Exclusions 1994 - 1995

 

Table 3. Description of Student Exclusions

	1993-94*				1994-95*
	All Students		Not Including Springfield		All Students		Not Including Springfield
	(#)	(%)	(#)	(%)	(#)	(%)	(#)	(%)
1. Number
Number of exclusions	958		670		1,505		1,107
Number of individual students excluded					1,410		1,058
Number of students excluded more than once					85		39
2. Gender
Male	793	82.8	560	83.6	1,243	82.6	944	85.3
Female	165	17.2	110	16.4	257	17.1	159	14.4
not reported	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	0.3	4	0.4
3. Age
10 years old and under	33	3.4	7	1.0	46	3.1	23	2.1
11-13 years old	155	16.2	73	10.9	358	23.8	243	22.0
14-21 years old	767	80.1	588	87.8	1,083	72.0	834	75.3
not reported	3	0.3	2	0.3	18	1.2	7	0.6
4. Program Status
Regular education	711	74.2	489	73.0	1,045	69.4	765	69.1
Special education	247	25.8	181	27.0	394	26.2	303	27.4
Referred				56	3.7	30	2.7
not reported	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	0.7	9	0.8
5. Race/Ethnicity
Asian	8	0.8	5	0.7	18	1.2	16	1.4
Black	241	25.2	119	17.8	320	21.3	161	14.5
Hispanic	242	25.3	120	17.9	512	34.0	339	30.6
White	460	48.0	425	63.4	646	42.9	583	52.7
Native American	1	0.1	1	0.1	3	0.2	2	0.2
not reported	6	0.6	1	0.1	6	0.4	6	0.5
6. Length of Exclusion
11-29 days					227	15.1	173	15.6
30-59 days					443	29.4	165	14.9
60-179 days					108	7.2	88	7.9
180-364 days					19	1.3	19	1.7
1 year					72	4.8	72	6.5
longer than 1 year					17	1.1	17	1.5
from date of exclusion to end of year					382	25.4	354	32.0
permanent					187	12.4	179	16.2
not reported					50	3.3	40	3.6
						12 districts accounted for 83 (44%) of the permanent exclusions for 1994-95
7. Type of Offense
Weapon	399	41.6	267	39.9	393	26.1	264	23.8
Illegal substance	178	18.6	147	21.9	312	20.7	236	21.3
Assault on school staff	167	17.4	90	13.4	222	14.8	160	14.5
Felony	12	1.3	12	1.8	65	4.3	54	4.9
Other	177	18.5	132	19.7	402	26.7	311	28.1
Combinations	24	2.5	21	3.1	104	6.9	76	6.9
not reported	1	0.1	1	0.1	7	0.5	6	0.5
					For 1994-95, 62 of the combinations for all students involved a weapon, and 51 of the combinations excluding Springfield involved a weapon
8. Weapon (percent is for exclusions involving a weapon)
Knife					300	65.9	209	66.3
Gun					43	9.5	39	12.4
Explosive or incendiary device					13	2.9	12	3.8
Other					83	18.2	42	13.3
Combinations					7	1.5	7	2.2
not reported					9	2.0	6	1.9
					For 1994-95, 6 of the combinations involved a gun

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