Strategic StudentIs discipline landing fairly here?
Discipline data describes adult decisions and school systems, not students. Enter counts for two student groups and get the risk ratio, the standard equity metric, explained in words you can use. It takes about a minute, and it will help you ask better questions. No PII. No login. Everything runs in your browser.
Enter discipline counts for two groups
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Enter a count and an enrollment for each group above. We'll compute the risk ratio and walk you through what it means.
Honest framing: there is no single federal cutoff for "too high." States set their own thresholds for significant disproportionality under IDEA, commonly between 2.5 and 4.0, measured over multiple years. This tool starts a conversation. It is not a compliance determination.
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How this works
A risk ratio answers one question: how likely is this outcome for one group compared with everyone else? Take the first group's rate (students with at least one event, divided by group enrollment) and divide it by the comparison group's rate. A ratio of 1.0 means parity, both groups carry the same risk. A ratio of 2.0 means the first group is twice as likely to experience the outcome.
It is the standard equity metric because it is simple, it works at any school size, and it is the same math researchers and civil rights data collections use. That makes your number comparable to published studies and to other schools. It also travels well: you can compute it for suspensions, referrals, expulsions, or any outcome you can count.
One honest caveat: there is no universal line for "too high." Under IDEA, each state sets its own threshold for significant disproportionality, commonly between 2.5 and 4.0, measured over multiple years and with specific counting rules. Sources: NYU Metro Center, Measuring Disciplinary Disproportionality (2017) and US Department of Education, OSEP significant disproportionality reporting under IDEA Part B.
A risk ratio describes a pattern, not a person, and never a student. Use it to ask better questions about systems, structures, and adult decisions, then bring your judgment and your community.