Dallas
Inequities in Graduation Rates
Black male students in Dallas graduated in 2005/6 at the national average for their group, while White male students graduated at a lower rate than the average for their group. The racial achievement gap was, therefore, much narrower than usual.
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% |
|
Texas |
341,115 |
58% |
74% |
16% |
53% |
73% |
5% |
1% |
|
Dallas |
24,903 |
47% |
53% |
6% |
40% |
49% |
8% |
4% |
Discipline, Special Education, and Advanced Placement Inequities
The number of out-of-school suspensions given to Black male students in the Dallas public schools was equivalent to eleven percent of Dallas' Black, non-Hispanic male student population and the percentage of out-of-school suspensions given to White male students in Dallas was equivalent to six percent, in the 2004/5 school year, as reported to the Office of Civil Rights of the U. S. Department of Education. Seventy-five Black male students and 15 White male students were expelled.
Black, non-Hispanic male students were classified as Gifted/Talented less than half as often as White, non-Hispanic male students in the Dallas 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 2,800 students would have been able to take advantage of those program resources.
Proportionate to enrollment, more than five times as many White male students as Black male students in the Dallas public schools in 2004/5 were allowed to participate in Mathematics and five times as many in Science Advanced Placement courses.