Exclusion Grade

 

Exclusion is the combined rate of out of school suspensions, expulsions, emergency removal by a hearing officer and removal by District/School personnel. There is also a penalty for any exclusions in pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade and excessive exclusions in the 9th grade. To see the specifics of how this grade was constructed, click on this link.

The average Final Exclusion grade was 37.0; Half the schools/districts had a grade below 38. The lowest Final Exclusion Grade was -44.7, and the highest was 100.

Public Districts had a higher mean grade (46.7) than Community (Charter) Schools (15.4). This difference was statistically significant (p=.000). 

Urban schools had the lowest mean (-11.1) Exclusion - Final Grade; and Suburban schools had the highest mean Exclusion - Final Grade (68.7). This difference was statistically significant (p=.000). 

2019 Ohio School Exclusion Grade 
(40% Final)

Number of Districts

Mean

Median

Minimum

Maximum

878

37.0

38.0

-44.7

100.0