Vance County Schools Drop Out and Suspensions


Vance County Public Schools had fewer drop outs in 2011-2012 school year than the 2010-2011 school year.  The 2010-2011 was 129 drop outs, with 2011-2012 having 127 drop outs.  However, the rate of drop outs increased from 2010-2011 of 5.55% to 2011-2012 of 5.70%.

Previous stats are 2009-2010 drop outs counted 153, 2008-2009 drop outs were 171 and 2007-2008 were 145.

North Carolina school systems with the largest high school dropout rates were Person County, Vance County, Halifax County, Roanoke Rapids City, Bladen County, Thomasville City, Hickory City, Edgecombe County, Newton Conover City and Nash-Rocky Mount.

Systems reporting the largest 3-year decreases in high school dropout rates were Clinton City, Randolph County, Madison County, Wilkes County, and Alleghany County.

Systems with the largest 3-year increases in high school dropout rates were Newton Conover City, Washington County, Clay County, Dare County, and Columbus County. Despite the large increases, the rates for Clay County and Dare County were still below the state average.

For Vance County 2011-2012 suspension numbers:

Gender Race # of Short-Term Suspensions # of Long Term Suspensions # of Expulsions
Male Other < 5 < 5 < 5
Female Hispanic 47 < 5 0
Female Black 637 < 5 0
Female White 62 < 5 0
Female Multiracial 16 < 5 0
NA NA 3 < 5 0
Male Hispanic 151 < 5 0
Male Black 1587 < 5 0
Male White 241 < 5 0
Male Multiracial 25 < 5 0
Totals   2769 8 0

You may read the full report here:  http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/research/discipline/reports/consolidated/2011-12/consolidated-report.pdf