Despite decreases in public school funding, the number of reported acts of crime and violence declined; short-term and long-term suspensions dropped; and the number of annual dropouts fell significantly over the last five years.
I will post specific figures after the NC Department of Public Instruction releases the full consolidated data report for the 2010-2011 school year.
Update from the 2010-2011 Consolidated Data Report:
- The annual high school dropout rate decreased from 3.75 percent to 3.43 percent for 2010-11. A total of 15,342 high school students dropped out in 2010-11 as compared to 16,804 students in 2009-10 (8.7% decrease).
- The number of acts of crime and violence reported among high school students decreased by 6 percent from 6,524 to 6,132 acts in 2010 -11. The rate of acts reported for high school students per 1,000 students in membership also decreased by 10.4 percent.
- Out-of-school suspensions decreased. For short-term suspensions (10 days or fewer) among students in all grades, the total went from 277,206 in 2009-10 to 266,488 in 2010-11. Long-term suspensions (11 days or more) among students in all grades dropped from 3,368 to 2,621.
