Student Discipline

data.delaware.gov | Last Updated 3 Oct 2023

This file contains the number of students who have received at least one disciplinary action of in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, or expulsion within a given school year. The file also contains the number of students enrolled and the corresponding percentage of students who received a disciplinary action.

Tags: discipline, education

This dataset has the following 18 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
School YearschoolyeartextSchool year for which record is applicable. For example, 2016 = school year which ended in June 2016.
District CodedistrictcodenumberNumber representing each School District. Statewide data rows will have “0” in this column.
DistrictdistricttextFull name of the School District. Statewide data rows have "State of Delaware" in this column.
School CodeschoolcodenumberNumber representing each School within the school district. Statewide or Districtwide data rows will have “0” in this column.
OrganizationorganizationtextFull name of the Organization which is the School if School Code is given in the row. Districtwide data rows give full name of School District. Statewide rows give "State of Delaware" in this column.
RaceracetextRepresents the race/ethnicity of the unique group of students within a school/district.
GendergendertextRepresents the gender of the unique group of students within a school/district.
GradegradetextRepresents the grade level of the unique group of students within a school/district.
SpecialDemospecialdemotextRepresents the special population status of the unique group of students within a school/district.
GeographygeographytextRepresents the geography of the unique group of students within a school/district.
SubGroupsubgrouptextNames the unique group of students within a school/district described by the combination of Race, Gender, Grade, SpecialDemo, and Geography.
CategorycategorytextThe category of disciplinary action used.
RowstatusrowstatustextIndicates whether the aggregate data in this row has either been REDACTED or REPORTED. If redacted, certain data has been hidden to comply with state and federal privacy laws. For more information, contact the Delaware Department of Education.
StudentsstudentsnumberThe number of students in the specified subgroup who received the disciplinary action
EnrollmentenrollmentnumberThe number of students in the enrolled in the specified organization.
PctEnrollmentpctenrollmentnumberThe percent of students receiving the disciplinary action. This is the number disciplined students divided by the number of enrolled students.
IncidentsincidentsnumberThe total number of incidents that resulted in the specified disciplinary action for the specified student demographic
AvgDurationavgdurationnumberThe average numbers of days of the specified disciplinary action for the specified student demographic