2019-20 Student Discipline Data Report by All Offenses

2020

2019-20 Student Discipline Data Report
All Offenses

Offense:

The Student Discipline Data Report reports the disciplines that public school students in Massachusetts received for the offenses committed, as reported by school districts in the School Safety Discipline Report (SSDR). For more detailed information on the SSDR collection, see the documents at the School Safety Discipline Report (SSDR) page on the ESE website.
The COVID 19 pandemic had a profound impact on the 2019-20 school year. Data reported below may have been affected by the pandemic. Please keep this in mind when reviewing the data, and take particular care when comparing data over multiple school years.
More about the data.

Student Group	Students	Students Disciplined	% In-School Suspension	% Out-of-School Suspension	% Expulsion	% Alternate Setting	% Emergency Removal	% Students with a School-Based Arrest	% Students with a Non-Arrest Law Enforcement Referral
All Students	3,359	94	1.7	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
English Learner	160	4
Economically disadvantaged	1,146	56	3.1	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Students w/disabilities	631	41	4.6	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
High needs	1,541	69	3.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Female	1,624	24	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Male	1,730	70	2.7	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	37	5
Asian	70	1
Afr. Amer./Black	167	9	3.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Hispanic/Latino	245	7	1.6	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	220	20	6.8	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	2
White	2,618	52	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3