High School dropouts by the numbers

Statewide:

2010-11: 15,342

2011-12: 13,488

Down 12.1 percent

Durham:

2010-11: 371

2011-12: 362

Down 2.4 percent

Orange:

2010-11: 54

2011-12: 58

Up 7.4 percent

Chapel Hill-Carrboro:

2010-11: 44

2011-12: 38

Down 13.6 percent

Granville:

2010-11: 150

2011-12: 88

Down 41.3 percent

Person:

2010-11: 89

2011-12: 94

Up 5.6 percent

Chatham:

2010-11: 92

2011-12: 94

Up 2.2 percent

 

Suspensions and Expulsions by the numbers

 

Statewide (2011-12):

Short-Term Suspensions: 258,197

Long-Term Suspensions: 1,609

Expulsions: 30

Durham (2011-12):

Short-Term Suspensions: 5,934

Long-Term Suspensions: 61

Expulsions: 0

Orange (2011-12):

Short-Term Suspensions: 499

Long-Term Suspensions: 2

Expulsions: 0

Chapel Hill-Carrboro (2011-12):

Short-Term Suspensions: 427

Long-Term Suspensions: 0

Expulsions: 0

Granville (2011-12):

Short-Term Suspensions: 735

Long-Term Suspensions: 0

Expulsions: 0

Person (2011-12):

Short-Term Suspensions: 1,291

Long-Term Suspensions: 23

Expulsions: 0

Chatham (2011-12):

Short-Term Suspensions: 954

Long-Term Suspensions: 14

Expulsions: 0

Source: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction