school discipline in fitchburg- are there racial and ethnic disparities?

2017-2018 Fitchburg’s public school population: by race

Total = 5,585 students

*The following set of graphs describes what percentage of each enrolled subgroup was disciplined at least once. For example, the graph below reads as 11.6% of white, 19.3% of Black, 19.3% of Latinx and 17.4% of Multi-Race students with a disability …

*The following set of graphs describes what percentage of each enrolled subgroup was disciplined at least once. For example, the graph below reads as 11.6% of white, 19.3% of Black, 19.3% of Latinx and 17.4% of Multi-Race students with a disability in Fitchburg were disciplined in the 2017-2018 academic year.

school discipline rates: students with a disability

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School DISCIPLINE RATES: STUDENTS WITHout A DISABILITY

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School DISCIPLINE RATES: students who are

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED

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school discipline rates: students who are not

Economically disadvantaged

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*Please note that this data does not include charter schools in Fitchburg.

Discipline percentages are derived from unduplicated counts (that is, students who were disciplined multiple times are only counted once).

Student totals by race are approximate, derived from percentages.

Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education