Cobb County
Inequities in Graduation Rates
Black male students in Cobb County graduated at higher rates in 2005/6 than the national average, as they had in 2004/5. As graduation rates for White male students were slightly lower than the national average, the racial gap was narrower than that of most other districts.
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% |
|
Georgia |
308,716 |
40% |
58% |
18% |
38% |
58% |
2% |
0% |
|
Cobb County |
15,998 |
57% |
73% |
16% |
57% |
70% |
0% |
4% |
Discipline, Special Education, and Advanced Placement Inequities
The number of out-of-school suspensions given to Black male students in the Cobb County public schools was equivalent to sixteen percent of Cobb County's Black, non-Hispanic male student population and the percentage of out-of-school suspensions given to White male students in Cobb County was equivalent to approximately five 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 Cobb County's Gifted and/or Talented programs at over five times the rate for Black, non-Hispanic male students and Black, non-Hispanic male students were placed in Mental Retardation classifications at a rate nearly three times than that for White male students. If Black male students had been admitted to Gifted and/or Talented programs at the same rate as White male students, at least 2,000 more would be in those programs.
Black male students in the Cobb County public schools in 2004/5 were allowed to participate in Mathematics and Science Advanced Placement courses at a rate between one-fifth and one-third that of White, non-Hispanic male students.