Gwinnett County
Inequities in Graduation Rates
Black male students in Gwinnett County graduated at rates in 2005/6 that are higher than the national average and improving. As graduation rates for male White students were lower than average, the racial gap was much 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 |
||||||
|
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% |
|
Gwinnett |
18,379 |
58% |
64% |
6% |
51% |
63% |
6% |
1% |
Discipline, Special Education, and Advanced Placement Inequities
The number of out-of-school suspensions given to Black male students in the Gwinnett County public schools was equivalent to nineteen percent of Gwinnett County's Black, non-Hispanic male student population and the percentage of out-of-school suspensions given to White male students in Gwinnett County was equivalent to approximately 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 Gwinnett County's Gifted and/or Talented programs at over four times the rate for Black, non-Hispanic male students and Black, non-Hispanic male students were placed in Mental Retardation classifications at a rate approximately twice 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 1,800 more would be in those programs.
Black male students in the Gwinnett County public schools in 2004/5 were allowed to participate in Mathematics and Science Advanced Placement courses at a rate approximately one-sixth that of White, non-Hispanic male students.