Preschool-3rd Grade Exclusion Rate
The Preschool-3rd Grade exclusion is the combined exclusion count for preschool, kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade and third grade divided by the combined enrollment for the same grades multiplied by 100. [5]
Seven hundred seventy-eight schools reported discipline occurrences for preschool through 3rd grade.
The exclusion rate is the number of exclusions divided by the total enrollment in preschool through third grade multiplied by 100. The mean (average) was 10.3 exclusions per 100 students; the median (midpoint) exclusion rate was 2.3; the lowest was 0, and the highest was 190 exclusions per 100 students.
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Total Preschool - 3d Grade Exclusions Rate * Organization Type |
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Number of |
Mean |
Median |
Minimum |
Maximum |
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778 |
10.3 |
2.3 |
0 |
190 |
Preschool through 3rd-grade exclusion rate varied by the organizational type. Community(Charter) schools had an average of 33.4 exclusions compared to a 3.7 average for Public District. That is, Community (Charter) Schools were 9.0 times more likely than public districts to exclude, suspend, or have a preschool through 3rd-grade student removed. This difference was significant (p<.000).
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Total Pre-school to 3d Grade Exclusion Rate * Organization Type |
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Organization Type |
Number of Districts |
% of Total Number of Districts |
Mean |
Median |
Minimum |
Maximum |
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Community (Charter) School |
172 |
22.1% |
33.4 |
24.6 |
0.0 |
190.2 |
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Public District |
606 |
77.9% |
3.7 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
86.1 |
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ANOVA |
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Sum of Squares |
df |
Mean Square |
F |
Sig. |
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117691.288 |
1 |
117691.288 |
424.995 |
0.000 |
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Preschool through 3rd-grade exclusion rate varied by the Typology of Public Districts. Type 8: Urban (-Very High Student Poverty & Very Large Student Population) had an average of 22 exclusions compared to 1.0 average for Type 6: Suburban. That is Type 8: Urban was 22 times more likely to exclude, suspend, or have a Preschool to 3rd Grade student removed than Type 6 Suburban. This difference was significant (p<.000).
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Total Preschool to 3d grade Exclusions Rate * Typology of Public Districts |
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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% |
2.4 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
27.0 |
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Type 2: Rural - Average Student Poverty & Very Small Student Population |
105 |
17.4% |
2.1 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
21.3 |
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Type 3: Small Town - Low Student Poverty & Small Student Population |
110 |
18.2% |
1.8 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
9.7 |
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Type 4: Small Town - High Student Poverty & Average Student Population Size |
89 |
14.7% |
4.5 |
2.6 |
0.0 |
25.3 |
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Type 5: Suburban - Low Student Poverty & Average Student Population Size |
77 |
12.7% |
3.2 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
17.3 |
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Type 6: Suburban - Very Low Student Poverty & Large Student Population |
46 |
7.6% |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
9.2 |
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Type 7: Urban - High Student Poverty & Average Student Population |
47 |
7.8% |
14.4 |
9.3 |
0.0 |
86.1 |
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Type 8: Urban - Very High Student Poverty & Very Large Student Population |
8 |
1.3% |
22.0 |
20.5 |
11.1 |
37.2 |
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ANOVA |
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Sum of Squares |
df |
Mean Square |
F |
Sig. |
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9333.214 |
7 |
1333.316 |
45.360 |
0.000 |
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