""North Carolina's constitution guarantees every child an equal opportunity to a public education - but these numbers reveal that promise as hollow for far too many students of color throughout the state," said Jake Sussman, Chief Counsel for Justice System Reform at SCSJ. "The disparities between the experiences of white students and Black students are shocking. We're not just failing individual children; we're systematically pushing them out of classrooms and continuing cycles of inequality that will affect generations to come.""
""Across North Carolina's 115 school districts - ranging from the smallest to the largest - the most recent data show that Black students continue to face stark disparities compared with white students. Black students make up about 25% of the state's traditional K-12 enrollment, yet they are nearly four times more likely than their white peers to receive a short-term suspension and face higher rates of referral to the juvenile justice system.""
The Racial Equity Report Cards analyze North Carolina data on career and college preparedness, short-term suspensions, and school-related juvenile delinquency complaints. These categories are strongly linked to the school-to-prison pipeline. Black students comprise about 25% of traditional K-12 enrollment yet are nearly four times more likely than white peers to receive short-term suspensions and face higher juvenile justice referral rates. White students in grades 3–8 were 2.1 times more likely to score Career and College Ready than Black students. Asheville City Schools showed the state's worst disparity, with white students 8.6 times more likely to reach Career and College Ready benchmarks.
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