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Part B Annual Performance Report
2002-2003

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Appendix 44

Summary Analysis of School District Long-Term Suspension Rates*
July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

 
   


Summary Analysis of School District Long-Term Suspension Rates*
July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

(Source:  PD-8, Table 3) 
 

 

Need/Resource Capacity Category of Schools**

 

 

Range of Long- Term Suspension Rates

 

# of School Districts with Ranges of Long-Term Suspension Rates

 

New York City

 

 

0.17%

 

1 = 0.17%

 

Large 4 Cities

 

 

 

0.87% - 7.91%

1 <1%

1 >1.0% ≤ 2.0%

0 >2.0% ≤ 4.0%

1 >4.0% ≤ 6.0%

1 >6.0% ≤ 8.0%

 

Urban-Suburban High N/RC

 

(46 Districts)

 

 

 

0%- 4.89%

19 <1%

14 >1.0% ≤ 2.0%

10 >2.0% ≤ 4.0%

3 >4.0% ≤ 6.0%

 

Rural High N/RC

 

(157 Districts)

 

 

 

0%- 8.16%

96 <1%

29 >1.0% ≤ 2.0%

23 >2.0% ≤ 4.0%

8 >4.0% ≤ 6.0%

1 >6.0% ≤ 8.0%

 

Average N/RC

 

(345 Districts)

 

 

0% - 4.51%

253 <1%

53 >1.0% ≤ 2.0%

37 >2.0% ≤ 4.0%

2 >4.0% ≤ 6.0%

 

Low N/RC

 

(134 Districts)

 

 

0% - 5.0%

126 <1%

4 >1.0% ≤ 2.0%

3 >2.0% ≤ 4.0%

1 >4.0% ≤ 6.0%

 

*

 Long-Term suspensions are out-of-school suspensions for 10 or more school days.

**

 See Appendix 38 for a definition of Need/Resource Capacity categories of school districts.

The suspension rate is computed by dividing the number of students suspended during the school year by the December 1 enrollment of school-age students with disabilities.  

  • The data above indicate that the vast majority of school districts (72.2%) have a long-term suspension rate of less than 1 percent, 14.7 percent of school districts have a rate between 1 and 2 percent, 10.6 percent of school districts have a rate between 2 and 4 percent and 2.5 percent of school districts have a rate greater than 4 percent. 

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