Milwaukee
Inequities in Graduation Rates
Black male students in Milwaukee graduated at much lower rates in 2005/6 than the national average for their group, as did White male students. The racial achievement gap was, therefore, narrower than average. The graduation rate for Black male students was less than half the Benchmark.
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).
|
Male Students |
Graduation Rate 2005/6 (est.) |
Graduation Rate 2004/5 |
||||||
|
Black Males |
Black |
White |
Gap |
Black |
White |
Black Change |
White Change |
|
|
USA |
4.3mil. |
47% |
75% |
28% |
47% |
74% |
0% |
1% |
|
Wisconsin |
46,379 |
36% |
87% |
50% |
37% |
85% |
-1% |
1% |
|
Milwaukee |
26,818 |
32% |
46% |
14% |
32% |
48% |
0% |
-2% |
Discipline, Special Education, and Advanced Placement Inequities
The number of out-of-school suspensions given to Black male students in the Milwaukee public schools was equivalent to twenty-five percent of Milwaukee’s Black, non-Hispanic male student population and the percentage of out-of-school suspensions given to White male students in Milwaukee was equivalent to ten percent, in the 2004/5 school year, as reported to the Office of Civil Rights of the U. S. Department of Education. One hundred twenty-five Black male students and 15 White male students were expelled.
Black, non-Hispanic male students were classified as Gifted/Talented three times as often as White, non-Hispanic male students in the Milwaukee public schools and classified as Mentally Retarded at a higher rate than their White classmates.
Proportionate to enrollment, over twice as many White male students as Black male students in the Milwaukee public schools in 2004/5 were allowed to participate in Mathematics and Science Advanced Placement courses.