DeKalb County
Inequities in Graduation Rates
Black male students in DeKalb County in 2005/6 graduated at rates equal to the national average. As graduation rates for White male students were lower than average, the racial gap was narrower than that of most other districts. That gap is narrowing further as graduation rates for Black male students rise and those for White male students fall.
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 |
4.3 mil. |
47% |
75% |
28% |
47% |
74% |
0% |
1% |
|
Georgia |
308,716 |
40% |
58% |
18% |
38% |
58% |
2% |
0% |
|
DeKalb County |
39,641 |
47% |
61% |
14% |
39% |
65% |
9% |
-4% |
Discipline, Special Education, and Advanced Placement Inequities
The number of out-of-school suspensions given to Black male students in the DeKalb County public schools was equivalent to twenty-one percent of DeKalb County's Black, non-Hispanic male student population and the percentage of out-of-school suspensions given to White male students in DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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 higher rate than that for White male students. If male Black students had been admitted to Gifted and/or Talented programs at the same rate as White male students, at least 9,000 more would be in those programs.
Black male students in the DeKalb County public schools in 2004/5 were allowed to participate in Mathematics and Science Advanced Placement courses at a rate approximately one-eighth that of White, non-Hispanic male students.