Montgomery County Public Schools
Inequities in Graduation Rates
Black male students in Montgomery County’s public schools graduate at a rate lower than the national average and the district’s White male students graduate at significantly lower rates. There is currently a 6% gap between the groups.
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 |
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Graduation Rate 2004/5 |
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Black |
Black |
White |
Gap |
Black |
White |
Black Change |
White Change |
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USA |
4.3 mil. |
47% |
75% |
28% |
47% |
74% |
0% |
1% |
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Alabama |
135,497 |
43% |
63% |
20% |
43% |
65% |
1% |
-2% |
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Montgomery |
12,554 |
41% |
48% |
6% |
43% |
47% |
-2% |
1% |
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The number of out-of-school suspensions given to Black male students in Montgomery County was equivalent to a remarkable thirty percent of Montgomery County’s Black, non-Hispanic, male student population. The number of out-of-school suspensions given to the White male students in Montgomery County was equivalent to twelve percent of the district’s White, non-Hispanic male enrollment in the 2004/5 school year, as reported to the Office of Civil Rights of the U. S. Department of Education.
Approximately a third the proportion of Montgomery’s Black male students were admitted to district Gifted and/or Talented programs as were White male students, while over twice as many were classified as Mentally Retarded, in proportion to enrollments. If male Black students had been admitted to Gifted and/or Talented programs at the same rate as male White students, at least 600 more would be in those programs.
There were nearly 13,000 Black male students in the Montgomery public schools in 2004/5, of whom none were in Mathematics and five were in Science Advanced Placement courses. There were 3,400 White male students, of whom 20 were in Mathematics and 35 were in Science Advanced Placement courses.