Norfolk
Inequities in Graduation Rates
Black male students in Norfolk 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 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 |
Black |
White |
Gap |
Black |
White |
Black Change |
White Change |
|
|
USA |
4.3mil. |
47% |
75% |
28% |
47% |
74% |
0% |
1% |
|
Virginia |
164,243 |
54% |
75% |
21% |
53% |
74% |
1% |
1% |
|
Norfolk |
12,672 |
27% |
44% |
17% |
27% |
44% |
0% |
0% |
Discipline, Special Education, and Advanced Placement Inequities
The number of out-of-school suspensions given to Black male students in the Norfolk public schools was equivalent to twenty-one percent of Norfolkâs Black, non-Hispanic male student population and the percentage of out-of-school suspensions given to White male students in Norfolk 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.
Black, non-Hispanic male students were classified as Gifted/Talented less than one-quarter as often as White, non-Hispanic male students in the Norfolk public schools and classified as Mentally Retarded nearly twice as often as their White classmates. If Black male students had been admitted to Gifted/Talented programs at a rate comparable to that of White male students, at least an additional 900 students would have been able to take advantage of those program resources.
Proportionate to enrollment, nearly six times as many White male students as Black male students in the Norfolk public schools in 2004/5 were allowed to participate in Mathematics and over five times as many in Science Advanced Placement courses.