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Statistics on children, youth and families in Delaware from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and KIDS COUNT in Delaware
Suspensions and expulsions
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Why This Indicator Matters
The State of Delaware's Department of Education keeps track of out-of-school suspensions and expulsions in all regular, vocational/technical and special public schools for each school year. The duration of out-of-school suspensions is influenced by district policy, district procedure, severity of the incident, frequency of a particular student's involvement in disciplinary actions and the availability of disciplinary alternatives.
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Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
Public School Students Enrolled, Expelled and Suspended, School Years.
Data Source
Delaware Department of Education
Notes
Suspensions are total number of suspensions, not students suspended. A student may have multiple suspensions.The State of Delaware's Department of Education keeps track of out-of-school suspensions and expulsions in all regular, vocational/technical, and special public schools for each school year. The duration of out-of-school suspensions is influenced by district procedure, severity of the incident, frequency of a particular student's involvement in disciplinary actions, and the availability of disciplinary alternatives.Most frequent infractions resulting in Suspensions were Defiance of School Authority, Fighting, General Disruption. Most frequent infractions resulting in Expulsion were Drug Use or Possession, Assault/Battery.
N.A.: Not Available
S: Data Suppressed; data are suppressed where number of incidences are at or below 10 to limit the disclosure of information about individual respondents and to reduce the number of estimates with unacceptable levels of statistical reliability.
Last Updated
March 2023