NORFOLK HIGH SCHOOL TRUANCY

Norfolk police apprehended 744 high school students for truancy in the early part of the school year.*
531 were boys 213 were girls
71.4% 28.6%
Of that total… …183 went to …137 went to …124 went to …86 went to …39 went to
Booker T. Washington High Maury High Norview High Granby High Lake Taylor High
A school that is A school that is A school that is A school that is A school that is
86% black and 6% white 56% black and 33% white 56% black and 26% white 52% black and 31% white 72% black and 13% white
NO. PCT. OF TRUANTS NO. PCT. OF TRUANTS NO. PCT. OF TRUANTS NO. PCT. OF TRUANTS NO. PCT. OF TRUANTS

Breakdown by race Black 168 91.8% 109 79.6% 99 79.8% 60 69.8% 29 74.4%
of students detain-
ed for truancy for
White 9 4.9% 22 16.1% 23 18.5% 25 29.1% 7 17.9%
each high school Other 6 3.3% 6 4.4% 2 1.6% 1 1.2% 3 7.7%

**On-time graduation rate 61% 82% 74% 74% 76%

*Data cover about three months beginning Sept. 7. **On-time graduation rate is defined as graduating within four years and on time last spring.
NOTE: Data for high schools cover only a portion of the total truancy stops by Norfolk police in this time period – i.e. there were middle-schoolers stopped too. Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.
SOURCES: Norfolk Police Department and Norfolk Public Schools STEVEN VEGH, ROBERT D. VOROS | THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT