Booted from school in Butte County

In some districts, 4 out of 10 or more were suspended last year

This article was published on 05.03.12

Last year, 11.4 of every 100 public-school K-12 students in California were suspended; this is down from 13.3 in 2008, but consistent with 2005 rates. In Butte County the figure was 20 out of 100, and some schools reported much higher figures. Here are the reporting schools.

School district # of suspensions (out of 100)

Durham Unified 6.7

Chico Unified 8.6

Gridley Unified 14.3

Palermo Union 17.9

Paradise Unified 18.7

Biggs Unified 22.3

Golden Feather Elem. 37.9

Thermalito Union Elem. 39.6

Oroville City Elem. 40.9

Oroville Union High 60.4

Sources: healthycal.org, kidsdata.org, California Department of Education