• Statewide
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• Oakland Unified School District
• San Diego Unified School District

Inequities in Graduation Rates

Oakland's Black male students graduate at rates below the national average (although this rate has shown great improvement in the past few years), as do the district's White, non-Hispanic male students. The district's graduation gap is below national averages because the graduation rate of the district's White male students is further below the national average than the graduation rate of the district's Black male students.

The Benchmark for graduation rates of Black male students for school districts enrolling more than 10,000 Black male students is 82% (Fort Bend, Texas).

Discipline, Special Education, and Advanced Placement Inequities

The number of out-of-school suspensions given to Black male students in Oakland was equivalent to twelve percent of Oakland's Black, non-Hispanic male student population and the percentage of out-of-school suspensions given to White male students in Oakland was equivalent to less than a quarter of that in the 2004/5 school year, as reported to the Office of Civil Rights of the U. S. Department of Education.

Approximately seven times the proportion of Oakland's White male students were admitted to district Gifted and/or Talented programs as were Black male students, while considerably more Black male students than White male students were classified as Mentally Retarded, in proportion to enrollments. The percentage of White, non-Hispanic male students classified as Gifted/Talented in Oakland is quite remarkable. If Black students had been admitted to Gifted and/or Talented programs at the same rate as White male students, at least 1,500 more would be in those programs.

There were no Black or White, non-Hispanic male students in the Oakland public schools in 2004/5 reported as participating in Mathematics or Science Advanced Placement courses.