Dade County Public Schools
Inequities in Graduation Rates
Black male students in Dade in 2005/6 graduated at lower rates than the national average, as they had in 2004/5, as did White male students. Therefore, the racial gap is narrower in Dade than the national average.
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 |
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|
Black Males |
Black |
White |
Gap |
Black |
White |
Black Change |
White Change |
|
|
USA |
4.3 mil. |
47% |
75% |
28% |
47% |
74% |
0% |
1% |
|
Florida |
326,757 |
38% |
60% |
22% |
35% |
56% |
3% |
4% |
|
Dade |
51,188 |
34% |
55% |
21% |
33% |
56% |
0% |
-1% |
Discipline, Special Education, and Advanced Placement Inequities
The number of out-of-school suspensions given to Black male students in Dade was equivalent to twenty-one percent of Dade's Black, non-Hispanic male student population and the percentage of out-of-school suspensions given to the White male students in Dade was equivalent to eight percent in the 2004/5 school year, as reported to the Office of Civil Rights of the U. S. Department of Education.
White, non-Hispanic male students were admitted to Dade's Gifted and/or Talented programs at more than four times the rate for Black, non Hispanic male students, while the ratio was reversed for Mental Retardation classifications. If male Black students had been admitted to Gifted and/or Talented programs at the same rate as White male students, at least 4,500 more would be in those programs.
Black male students in the Dade public schools in 2004/5 participated in Mathematics Advanced Placement courses at a rate of about one-sixth and Science Advanced Placement courses at a rate of about one-seventh that of White, non-Hispanic male students.