Vermont Business Magazine Vermont, as might be expected, has a relatively low rate of kicking children out of school, but while nationally racial divides exist, it is not consistent from state to state.A new KIDS COUNT data report shows that black and American Indian kids are more likely to be suspended — and much more likely to be expelled — from school than their white, Latino or Asian classmates.Black and American Indian kids are more likely — and in some instancesmuch more likely— to be suspended and expelled from public school compared to their white, Latino and Asian classmates. But while New York state is more racially diverse than Oregon, Oregon has a much higher rate of explulsion.At the state level, expulsion rates for kids of color vary widely.In Florida, 4 in every 10,000 black students are expelled. At the other end of the spectrum, in Oklahoma, 401 in every 10,000 black students are expelled from school each year.
Students who are removed from school can quickly fall behind and struggle academically when and if they return to class, according to research.
Across the country, out-of-school suspension rates are highest for black students at 15%. In comparison, just 2% of Asian students, 4% of white students, and 6% of Latino students are suspended from public school.
The racial disparities deepen for data on expulsion rates. Black and American Indian kids are 10 times more likely than their Asian counterparts to be expelled from public school. These students are also expelled at twice the rate of their Latino classmates and 3 times the rate of white students, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection.