Seventy percent of preschool suspensions in the Charleston County School District (CCSD) since August 2020 involved Black children, as per four years of data provided by the district.
Between the 2021 and 2024 school years, White children accounted for 24% of the 714 suspension incidents, while Latinx students made up nearly 5%, the data revealed.
Determining the race and gender of suspended students aged 3 to 5 years is challenging due to the way the data is reported. However, both school officials and an education advocacy group concur that Black children are disproportionately affected by suspensions due to behavioral issues.
