Inequities in Graduation Rates
Male students in California in 2009/10 graduated at higher rates than in 2007/8 and at higher than national rates for each group. The White/Black gap slightly widened.
The Benchmark for graduation rates of Black male students for states enrolling more than 10,000 Black students is 84% (Arizona). The Benchmark for states with at least one district enrolling more than 10,000 Black male students is New Jersey (63%).
| Jurisdiction |
Male Grad Rates 2009/10 |
Male Grad Rates 2007/08 |
Change |
| Black Males |
Latino Males |
White Males |
Black Males |
White Males |
Black |
White |
| USA |
52% |
58% |
78% |
47% |
78% |
5% |
0% |
| California |
56% |
64% |
83% |
54% |
78% |
2% |
5% |
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Evidence of Inequities
NAEP 8th Grade Reading results for California are below national averages in each category.
| Jurisdiction |
Black Males |
Latino Males |
White Males |
GAP White/Black |
GAP White/Latino |
| USA |
10% |
16% |
35% |
25% |
20% |
| California |
4% |
13% |
27% |
23% |
14% |
Percentages of Black, Latino and White Non-Latino Male Students At Each Achievement Level, Reading, Grade 8, 2011
NAEP 8th Grade Mathematics results for California are below those for the nation as a whole in each category.
| Jurisdiction |
Black |
Latino |
White non-Latino |
GAP White/Black |
GAP White/Latino |
| USA |
12% |
21% |
45% |
33% |
24% |
| California |
9% |
14% |
42% |
33% |
29% |
Percentages of Black, Latino and White Non-Latino Male Students At Each Achievement Level, Mathematics, Grade 8, 2011
The Benchmark for Black male students in 8th Grade Reading is Connecticut, with 19% of Black male students scoring at or above Proficient.
The Benchmark for 8th Grade Mathematics is Massachusetts, with 26% of Black male students scoring at or above Proficient.
Discipline Inequities
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has not yet made out-of-school suspension data disaggregated by gender available at the state level for 2009/10. The Center for Civil Rights Remedies at The Civil Rights Project has calculated combined male and female percentages from the OCR samples.
| State |
Black Males |
Latino Males |
White Males |
Black/White Ratio |
Latino/White Ratio |
| California |
17.7 |
7.5 |
5.6 |
3.2 |
1.3 |
From: Losen, Daniel J. and Jonathan Gillispie. Opportunities Suspended: The Disparate Impact of Disciplinary Exclusion from School. The Center for Civil Rights Remedies at The Civil Rights Project, August 2012. Source: CRDC, 2009-2010 (numbers from national sample rounded to one decimal).
