Suspensions from school in North Carolina

Definitions: The number and rate of short- and long-term suspensions.

Data Source: Public Schools of North Carolina, State Board of Education, Department Of Public Instruction: Consolidated Data Report.

Footnotes: Short-term suspensions refer to out-of-school suspensions ranging from one to ten days and typically occur in response to lesser offenses committed by students. Long-term suspensions last from eleven days up to the remainder of the school year and typically occur in response to a serious offense. 

Excludes charter schools. 

Last updated March 2013.

Definitions: The number and rate of short- and long-term suspensions.

Data Source: Public Schools of North Carolina, State Board of Education, Department Of Public Instruction: Consolidated Data Report.

Footnotes: Short-term suspensions refer to out-of-school suspensions ranging from one to ten days and typically occur in response to lesser offenses committed by students. Long-term suspensions last from eleven days up to the remainder of the school year and typically occur in response to a serious offense. 

Excludes charter schools. 

Last updated March 2013.