2011-12 National and State-Level School Discipline Estimates

2011-12 school year data on disciplinary actions for students with and without disabilities, presented for the nation and each state. The dataset is organized into three spreadsheets per geographic area. It was published by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

Use Cases

• Compare disciplinary action rates for students with disabilities versus those without disabilities at the state level.
• Analyze national trends in school discipline from the 2011-12 academic year.
• Examine state-level variations in disciplinary practices documented in the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated for the nation and all 50 states, enabling federal and sub-national analysis.
• Includes a specific breakdown for students with and without disabilities, a key demographic distinction.
• Published by the authoritative U.S. Department of Education as part of the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Limitations

• Data is from the 2011-12 school year and may not reflect current disciplinary practices or policies.
• Available only in legacy XLS format, which may require conversion for modern analysis tools.
• The specific row count, column names, and granular data fields are not described in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Collection Method

Collected via the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) survey.

Time Range

2011-12 school year.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in March 2024, but the underlying data covers the 2011-12 period.

Geography

United States, with data for the nation and each individual state.