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PATCH REPORT: The State of Racine Unified School Suspension/Expulsion Rates
We crunched the numbers by school, and by incident type to show you how Racine Unified school suspension/expulsion rates compare statewide.
RACINE -- It goes without saying that a safe school district is a benefit to the students, parents, teachers and the community.
As the 2016 school year gets underway, we crunched the numbers to find out how one small piece of the puzzle - student suspensions and expulsions - looks for the Racine Unified School District.
For almost everybody, there is good news, but the district's rate is well-above state average. Racine Unified had a 9.5 percent suspension rate in 2014-15 (the most recent data available). That rate was the lowest in the last five years.
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Racine Unified's suspension rate was significantly higher when compared with the state average of 3.6 percent. By comparison, just a few miles away, the Milwaukee Public School District's suspension rate was a staggering 10.6 percent over the same period - down from an unfathomable 23.2 percent in 2010-2011.
In Racine Unified, 1,891 students were suspended, and 5 were expelled from the district during the 2014-15 school year - the most recent data available on the State Department of Public Instruction Website.
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Suspensions by School
Elementary Schools
Fine Arts 10
Fratt 22
Giese 36
Gifford 8
Goodland 603
Janes 29
Jefferson 3
Jerstad-Agerholm 0
Johnson 31
Jones 30
Julian Thomas 55
Knapp 60
Mitchell 35
North Park 0
Olympia Brown 13
Racine Civil Leaders Academy 39
Red Apple 5
Roosevelt 26
Schulte 0
Wadewitz 0
West Ridge 62
Middle
Gilmore 168
Jerstad 106
McKinley 129
Mitchell 162
Starbuck 152
Walden 2
High
Case 197
Horlick 200
Park 224
REAL 18
Walden 9
Suspensions by Incident Type
Alcohol-Related: 22
Dangerous Weapon (non-firearm): 42
Drug-Related: 140
Handgun: 1
Other Firearm: 3
Shotgun or Rifle: 0
Statewide Suspension/Expulsion by Incident Type
Enrollment 870,652
Weapon or Drug-Related Incidents
Alcohol-Related: 507
Dangerous Weapon (non-firearm): 921
Drug-Related: 2,466
Handgun: 17
Other Firearm: 30
Shotgun or Rifle: 26
Assault: 0
Endangering Behavior: 1
Other: 20
Non-Weapon or Drug-Related Incidents
Assault: 4,261
Endangering Behavior: 10, 147
Other: 35,360
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