LEUSD Suspension Rates Lower Than State And County Averages

In the LEUSD, a total of 1,094 students were suspended and 78 expelled among the more than 20,000 enrolled in the district during the 2011-12 school year, the data show. The suspension rate was 4.5 percent and the expulsion rate was 0.3 percent.

The data show a total of 366,629 students suspended and 9,553 students expelled among the more than six million public school students in California enrolled during the 2011-12 school year, correlating to a suspension rate of 5.7 percent and an expulsion rate of 0.1 percent.

County wide, among the more than 400,000 students enrolled during the 2011-12 school year, 26,843 were suspended or 6 percent; students expelled totaled 988 or 0.2 percent.

“Common sense tells us that we cannot teach students who are not in school,” said Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. “I hope that parents, teachers, administrators, and students see this information as the starting point for discussions about how to find alternatives to suspension that sustain healthy learning environments while keeping as many students as possible in class.”

Friday's data was produced using the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS), which breaks down information by race/ethnicity, type of violation, as well as other data.

Here's a look at some of the figures released from the CDE/CALPADS:                             

Total offenses committed in the LEUSD during the 2011-12 school year:

EdCodeSectionOffense DescriptionTotal Number of Offenses Involved in ExpulsionsTotal Number of Offenses Involved in SuspensionsTotal Number of Offenses Involved in Other Actions 48900(a)(1) Caused, Attempted, or Threatened Physical Injury 11 573 92 48900(a)(2) Used Force or Violence 2 44 8 48900(b) Possession, Sale, Furnishing a Firearm or  Knife 9 83 47 48900(c) Possession, Use, Sale, or Furnishing a Controlled Substance, Alcohol, Intoxicant 33 153 1 48900(d) Offering, Arranging, or Negotiating Sale of Controlled Substances, Alcohol, Intoxicants 0 1 0 48900(f) Property Damage 2 35 19 48900(g) Property Theft 4 74 19 48900(h) Possession or Use of Tobacco Products 0 26 5 48900(j) Obscene Acts, Profanity, and Vulgarity 0 76 34 48900(j) Offering, Arranging, or Negotiating Sale of Drug Paraphernalia 3 42 0 48900(k) Disruption, Defiance 45 856 624 48900(l) Received Stolen Property 0 2 0 48900(m) Possession of an Imitation Firearm 1 4 3 48900(o) Harassment, Intimidation of a Witness 1 4 0 48900(q) Hazing 0 1 0 48900(r) Bullying 1 27 39 48900(t) Aided or Abetted Physical Injury 1 1 2 48900.2 Sexual Harassment 1 34 24 48900.4 Harassment or Intimidation 1 11 39 48900.7 Made Terrorist Threats 0 1 0 48915(a)(2) Possession of a Knife or Dangerous Object 5 20 0 48915(a)(3) Possession of Controlled Substance 13 74 1 48915(a)(5) Committed Assault or Battery on a School Employee 0 6 0 48915(c)(2) Brandishing a Knife 1 0 0 48915(c)(3) Sale of Controlled Substance 12 0 0 48915(c)(4) Sexual Battery 0 3 0

 

 

 

LEUSD 2011-12 expulsions by federal offense with ethnicity data :

EthnicityWeapons PossessionIllicit Drug RelatedViolence Incident, Physical InjuryViolent Incident, No Physical InjuryOther Reason For ExpulsionTotal ExpulsionsUnduplicated Count of Students Hispanic Or Latino Of Any Race 9 25 1 10 3 48 48 American Indian Or Alaska Native, Not Hispanic 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 Asian, Not Hispanic 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 African American, Not Hispanic 0 2 1 1 0 4 4 White, Not Hispanic 3 15 0 2 3 23 23

 

LEUSD 2011-12 suspensions by federal offense with ethnicity data: 

EthnicityWeapons Possession (In School)Weapons Possession (Out of School)Illicit Drug Related (In School)Illicit Drug Related (Out of School)Violent Incident, Physical Injury (In School)Violent Incident, Physical Injury (Out of School)Violent Incident, No Physical Injury (In School)Violent Incident, No Physical Injury (Out of School)Other Reason For Suspension (In School)Other Reason For Suspension (Out of School)Total Suspensions (In School)Total Suspensions (Out of School)Total SuspensionsUnduplicated Count of Students American Indian Or Alaska Native, Not Hispanic 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 22 22 * Hispanic Or Latino Of Any Race 0 44 0 122 0 26 0 393 0 320 0 905 905 608 White, Not Hispanic 0 41 0 77 0 20 0 210 0 142 0 490 490 340 Asian, Not Hispanic 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * * * African American, Not Hispanic 0 * 0 13 0 * 0 70 0 44 0 135 135 95 Two Or More Races, Not Hispanic 0 * 0 * 0 0 0 16 0 * 0 27 27 22 None Reported 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * * * Pacific Islander, Not Hispanic 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 11 11 * Filipino, Not Hispanic 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 0 * * *

According to CDE data, in the LEUSD during the 2011-12 school year enrollment of Hispanic students was 11,694; white students numbered 7,806; African American students totaled 1,078; and Asian students numbered 462. The combined population of Filipino, Native American, and Pacific Islander students totaled just under 400.

Suspension, expulsion, and truancy rates by LEUSD school for the 2011-12 school year:

SchoolCodeCensus EnrollmentCumulative EnrollmentSuspensionsSuspension RateExpulsionsExpulsion RateTruantsTruancy Rate Canyon Lake Middle 6120463 1,219 1,312 70 5.3 6 0.5 410 31.3 Cottonwood Canyon Elementary 6120455 883 949 6 0.6 0 0.0 113 11.9 David A. Brown Middle 6112734 1,017 1,115 93 8.3 1 0.1 150 13.5 Donald Graham Elementary 6111090 568 693 4 0.6 0 0.0 126 18.2 Earl Warren Elementary 0113100 859 930 19 2.0 0 0.0 147 15.8 Elsinore Elementary 6032031 535 606 17 2.8 0 0.0 89 14.7 Elsinore High 3332350 2,324 2,544 210 8.3 31 1.2 909 35.7 Elsinore Middle 6071203 748 816 84 10.3 2 0.2 125 15.3 Keith Mccarthy Academy 0116343 181 315 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Lakeland Village 0122960 1,100 1,285 64 5.0 1 0.1 400 31.1 Lakeside High 0107920 1,932 2,163 217 10.0 23 1.1 837 38.7 Luiseno 6109938 868 925 19 2.1 0 0.0 21 2.3 Machado Elementary 6032056 686 780 7 0.9 0 0.0 210 26.9 District Non-Public Non-Sectarian Schools 0000001 21 39 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Ortega High 3330115 240 368 26 7.1 2 0.5 75 20.4 Railroad Canyon Elementary 6107189 583 659 3 0.5 0 0.0 132 20.0 Rice Canyon Elementary 6118442 882 951 5 0.5 0 0.0 258 27.1 Ronald Reagan Elementary 0108241 753 828 2 0.2 0 0.0 203 24.5 Southern California Online Academy 0124859 331 672 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 Sycamore Academy Of Science And Cultural Arts 0120204 313 365 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.5 Temescal Canyon High 3330487 2,042 2,238 153 6.8 8 0.4 918 41.0 Terra Cotta Middle 6105548 1,315 1,428 95 6.7 4 0.3 355 24.9 Tuscany Hills Elementary 6111082 730 788 1 0.1 0 0.0 158 20.1 Wildomar Elementary 6032064 713 796 9 1.1 0 0.0 102 12.8 William Collier Elementary 6115174 587 653 2 0.3 0 0.0 127 19.4 Withrow Elementary 6108278 741 839 4 0.5 0 0.0 205 24.4