A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Table 1
Number of students expelled for GFSA violations per 1,000 students of the school-age population, 1998-99

 

State Number of students expelled in 1998-99 School-age population 1998 Expelled students per 1,000 of popul. Data Caveats

Alabama

 174 748,303 0.233  

Alaska

 24 135,443 0.177  

Arizona

 101 848,545 0.119  

Arkansas

 66 452,452 0.146  

California

 290 5,929,296 0.049  

Colorado

 94 699,488 0.134

The figures reported for 1998-99 include expulsions for ALL weapons, not just firearms.

Connecticut

 11 545,037 0.020  

Delaware

 9 113,365 0.079  

District of Columbia

 13 71,976 0.181  

Florida

 94 2,339,114 0.040  

Georgia

 208 1,401,879 0.148  

Hawaii

 5 188,195 0.027  

Idaho

 31 244,804 0.127  

Illinois

 77 2,012,938 0.038  

Indiana

 103 988,862 0.104  

Iowa

 17 498,491 0.034  

Kansas

 52 472,594 0.110  

Kentucky

 37 656,057 0.056  

Louisiana

 21 769,186 0.027  

Maine

 6 210,638 0.028  

Maryland

 31 842,326 0.037  

Massachusetts

 43 962,974 0.045  

Michigan

 106 1,721,362 0.062  

Minnesota

 24 855,699 0.028  

Mississippi

 24 502,591 0.048  

Missouri

 171 913,047 0.187  

Montana

 15 160,082 0.094  

Nebraska

 15 291,376 0.051  

Nevada

 52 311,132 0.167  

New Hampshire

 11 204,861 0.054  

New Jersey

 51 1,269,897 0.040  

New Mexico

 47 328,935 0.143  

New York

 206 2,879,067 0.072  

North Carolina

 141 1,255,371 0.112  

North Dakota

 3 114,657 0.026  

Ohio

 77 1,843,550 0.042  

Oklahoma

 16 628,669 0.025  

Oregon

 48 543,136 0.088  

Pennsylvania

 145 1,818,403 0.080  

Rhode Island

 4 154,915 0.026  

South Carolina

 52 664,908 0.078  

South Dakota

 9 132,586 0.068  

Tennessee

 152 905,955 0.168  

Texas

 294 3,946,696 0.074  

Utah

 13 481,259 0.027  

Vermont

 3 105,221 0.029  

Virginia

 115 1,124,613 0.102  

Washington

 115 998,549 0.115  

West Virginia

 20 297,689 0.067  

Wisconsin

 71 880,615 0.081  

Wyoming

 11 95,284 0.115  

American Samoa

 0 15,372 0.000  

Guam

 5 32,222 0.155  

Northern Marianas

 0 9,498 0.000  

Virgin Islands

 0 20,976 0.000  
         

Total

 3,523 46,640,156 0.076  

Number of states reporting:

 l55    

Data Notes:

Puerto Rico did not submit 1998-99 GFSA data.

The school-age population figures are children aged 5 to 17and include both public and private school students. For the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the other outlying areas, the figures are for 1998.


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