Schools
Port High Suspensions Similar to Statewide Data
The number of suspensions statewide have dropped consecutively for five years; find out what the low is now, and check out some local data.
A total of 47 students were suspended from Port Washington High School in the 2011-12 school year, a number that fits right in with statewide averages.
The high school's suspensions equals 5.4 percent of the number of kids enrolled at the school; statewide, 5.21 percent of students were suspended at least once during the year. This is the lowest percentage since data was kept beginning in 1998-99, and the figure has dropped five consecutive years.
The number dwindles with younger ages: 31 students were suspended at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, which is 4 percent of kids enrolled there.
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Though suspensions are less common at the elementary level — they do happen. Dunwiddie Elementary had a total of three students suspended. Lincoln Elementary had zero suspensions. Saukville Elementary reported two suspensions, though data was not available for two grades.
See a breakdown by specific grade levels and schools in Patch's interactive database.
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