The Overall Exclusion Rate
The first step in determining an exclusion grade is to calculate the number of exclusions. Exclusions are the number of expulsions plus out-of-school suspensions plus Emergency Removal by District Personnel plus Removal by Hearing officer. For many districts, this is more of an approximation than an actual number. Many districts, instead of reporting the exact number of discipline occurrences and enrollment numbers, reported: "< 10". We took that to mean "less than 10" disciplinary occurrences in the particular category. To calculate a rate, we arbitrarily assigned a value of "3" for all districts that reported "less than 10".
Of the 879 reporting districts, the half had more than 94 exclusions, with the average being 348 total exclusions. Some districts had 0 exclusions; while one district had 23,988 exclusions. The total number of exclusions for the state of Ohio was 242,388. That is in Ohio, during 2017-2018, over 240,000 expulsions, out-of-school suspensions and removals occurred.
To compare districts, a rate was calculated by diving the total number of exclusions by total adjusted enrollment, multiplied by 100 and rounding to 1 decimal point.
There were a total of 879 districts reporting discipline occurrences data. Of the 1173 districts, only Community (Chart) Schools and Public school districts reported discipline occurrences. Half the reporting schools had rates equal to or below 7.3 exclusions per 100 students. [4]
While the average was 17.7 exclusions per 100 students; the lowest reported was 0 exclusions per 100 students, and the highest was 188.6 exclusions per 100 students. That is 188.6 combined expulsion, out-of-school suspension, and removals per 100 students.
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Total Exclusions Rate |
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Number of Districts |
Mean |
Median |
Minimum |
Maximum |
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879 |
17.7 |
7.3 |
0.0 |
188.6 |
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Community (Charter) Districts had an average (38.4 exclusions per 100 students) that was 4.5 times that of Public districts (8.5 exclusions per 100 students. This difference in organizational type was statistically significant (p=.000).
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Total Exclusions Rate |
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Organization Type |
Number of Districts |
% of Total Number of District |
Mean |
Median |
Minimum |
Maximum |
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Community (Charter) School |
273 |
31.1% |
38.4 |
29.7 |
0.2 |
188.6 |
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Public District |
606 |
68.9% |
8.5 |
5.5 |
0.0 |
95.7 |
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ANOVA |
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Sum of Squares |
df |
Mean Square |
F |
Sig. |
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168440.949 |
1 |
168440.949 |
396.258 |
0.000 |
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Urban districts had an average (38.2 exclusions per 100 students) that was 11.6 times that of Suburban Public Districts w (3.3 exclusions per 100 students). This difference was statistically significant (p=.000).
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Total Exclusions Rate |
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Typology of Public Districts |
Number of Districts |
% of Total Number of Districts |
Mean |
Median |
Minimum |
Maximum |
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Type 1: Rural - High Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
123 |
20.3% |
6.7 |
5.6 |
0.3 |
36.1 |
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Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
105 |
17.4% |
5.3 |
3.8 |
0.0 |
22.1 |
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Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
110 |
18.2% |
4.9 |
4.5 |
0.5 |
16.0 |
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Type 4: Small Town - High Student Poverty & Average Student Population Size |
89 |
14.7% |
9.7 |
7.1 |
0.2 |
33.3 |
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Type 5: Suburban - Low Student Poverty & Average Student Population Size |
77 |
12.7% |
8.2 |
6.4 |
0.5 |
31.7 |
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Type 6: Suburban - Very Low Student Poverty & Large Student Population |
46 |
7.6% |
3.3 |
2.7 |
0.2 |
13.3 |
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Type 7: Urban - High Student Poverty & Average Student Population |
47 |
7.8% |
26.8 |
23.2 |
0.7 |
95.7 |
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Type 8: Urban - Very High Student Poverty & Very Large Student Population |
8 |
1.3% |
38.2 |
39.6 |
22.3 |
48.0 |
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Sum of Squares |
df |
Mean Square |
F |
Sig. |
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27119.367 |
7 |
3874.195 |
80.422 |
0.000 |
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Best Districts Based on Exclusion Rates
Three districts had a rate of zero exclusions per 100 students (Ottoville Local, Pettisville Local, Russia Local). While the following 41 schools and districts had a rate of less than one exclusion per 100 students:
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District Name |
Organization Type |
Typology of Public Districts |
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A+ Arts Academy |
Community (Charter) School |
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Anna Local |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Antwerp Local |
Public District |
Type 1: Rural - High Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Canfield Local |
Public District |
Type 5: Suburban - Low Student Poverty & Average Student Population Size |
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Canton Harbor High School |
Community (Charter) School |
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Chesapeake Union Exempted Village |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Columbus Bilingual Academy-North |
Community (Charter) School |
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Constellation Schools: Westpark Community Elementary |
Community (Charter) School |
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Dawson-Bryant Local |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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East Holmes Local |
Public District |
Type 1: Rural - High Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Edon Northwest Local |
Public District |
Type 1: Rural - High Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Fairbanks Local |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Fairland Local |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Federal Hocking Local |
Public District |
Type 1: Rural - High Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Fort Loramie Local |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Genoa Area Local |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Granville Exempted Village |
Public District |
Type 6: Suburban - Very Low Student Poverty & Large Student Population |
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Ironton City |
Public District |
Type 4: Small Town - High Student Poverty & Average Student Population Size |
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Jackson-Milton Local |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Jennings Local |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Joseph Badger Local |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Marion Local |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Minster Local |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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New Bremen Local |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Newark Digital Academy |
Community (Charter) School |
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Northeastern Local |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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Oakwood City |
Public District |
Type 6: Suburban - Very Low Student Poverty & Large Student Population |
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Old Brook High School |
Community (Charter) School |
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Ottawa Hills Local |
Public District |
Type 6: Suburban - Very Low Student Poverty & Large Student Population |
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Pandora-Gilboa Local |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Parkway Local |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Perrysburg Exempted Village |
Public District |
Type 6: Suburban - Very Low Student Poverty & Large Student Population |
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Revere Local |
Public District |
Type 6: Suburban - Very Low Student Poverty & Large Student Population |
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Shadyside Local |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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St Clairsville-Richland City |
Public District |
Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
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St Henry Consolidated Local |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Steubenville City |
Public District |
Type 7: Urban - High Student Poverty & Average Student Population |
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Versailles Exempted Village |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Wauseon Exempted Village |
Public District |
Type 4: Small Town - High Student Poverty & Average Student Population Size |
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Waynesfield-Goshen Local |
Public District |
Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
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Wellsville Local |
Public District |
Type 4: Small Town - High Student Poverty & Average Student Population Size |
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Wilmington City |
Public District |
Type 4: Small Town - High Student Poverty & Average Student Population Size |
