The percentage of Pinellas County’s high school students
serving in-school suspensions during the 2006-2007 school year
increased to 26.9%, the highest rate in eight years. The
percentage of middle school students serving in-school
suspensions also increased, but not to the degree of increase
exhibited among high school students. Although elementary
school suspensions are at a very low rate, the percentage of
students receiving suspensions increased to a new multi-year
high.
A comparison of in-school suspension rates between Pinellas
County, the state and similarly sized counties for the 2006-2007
school year shows that Pinellas’ rate was slightly above Duval and
Hillsborough counties and substantially above the state, Orange and
Palm Beach counties.
Out-of-School Suspensions
The percentage of Pinellas County’s high school and middle
school students serving out-of-school suspensions increased
during the last two school years. Nevertheless, the long-term
declining trend is still apparent. Although the trend of
elementary school students’ out-of-school suspensions has been
relatively flat, the last two years have increased.
In 2006-2007, the percentage of Pinellas County students serving
out-of school suspensions was fractionally above the state average.
Compared to other similarly sized counties, Pinellas was in the middle
of the group.
