RACIAL EQUITY MINDSET

Quantitative Data Set

Racial Equity in Indiana

This deck includes quantitative data across many systems throughout the State of Indiana and the City of Indianapolis.

It is meant to help ground and guide the conversations this evening.

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Racial Equity in Indiana

• Indicators Included:

• Child Welfare

• Health

• Economic

• Criminal Justice System

• Education

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As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

4 Overall Results

In Indiana . . .

Black children are overrepresented in the foster care system

Source: Indiana Department of Child Services and Easy Access to Juvenile Populations (2017)

Child Welfare – Foster Care

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73.10%

25.50%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Black

White

% of Indiana Children% of Indiana Children in Foster Care

Despite making up just 13% of children in Indiana, Black youth represent 25% of all children in foster care.

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

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In Indiana . . .

Black, Pacific Islander, and Multiracial children are victims of

maltreatment at rates significantly higher than their peers in Indiana.

Source: American Community Survey (2017)

Child Welfare – Child Maltreatment

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Child maltreatment encompasses physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. All these forms maltreatment disproportionately impact Black, Multi Racial,

and Pacific Islander children.

Victims of Maltreatment – Rate per 1,000 Children

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13.517.1

31.9

26.8

5.4 1.5

Black Hispanic White Multi Racial

Pacific Islander

American Indian

Asian

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

8 Overall Results

In Indiana . . .

Black and Hispanic families have

median incomes $10,000 - $20,000 lower than the average White family.

Source: American Community Survey (2017)

Economic – Median Income

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$33,145

$46,767

$56,888

$67,481

$41,858 $41,773

Black Hispanic White Asian AmericanIndian

Multiracial

This disparity is largest for Black families whose median household income is $23,000 lower.

Most Families of Color within Indiana are at a significant economic disadvantage compared to their White peers.

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

10 Overall Results

In Indiana . . .

Black and Hispanic children are 2-3 times more likely to be living below the poverty line than White children.

Source: American Community Survey (2017) and Children’s Defense Fund (2017)

Economic – Child Poverty

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40.00%

28.30%

14.60%

18.40%

ELA

Black Hispanic White Total

Children of color are disproportionately represented in the population of Indiana youth living in poverty.

Approximately 11% of Indiana children are Black, while 40% of children living in poverty are Black.

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

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In Indiana . . .

Infant mortality rates are among the

highest in the country. Black mothers are impacted by infant

mortality at a rate nearly 3 times that of their White peers.

Source: American Community Survey (2017)

Health – Infant Mortality

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7.3

5.9

15.3

7.6

9.8

Column1

Black HispanicWhiteTotal All Other

Infant Mortality – Rate per 1,000 Children

Women of color are victims of infant mortality at rates far higher than White women in Indiana. Black infants are at the highest risk to die before their

first birthday.

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

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In Indiana . . .

Black high school students are twice

as likely to have a parent who has been incarcerated than the average White family.

Source: American Community Survey (2017)

Criminal Justice System – Incarcerated Parents

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20.70%

34.50%

22.90%18.90%

24.60%

BlackTotal Hispanic White All Other

In 2018, 34.5% of Black high school students reported having had one or more parent incarcerated during their childhood. These incarcerations were

largely for drug-related non-violent offenses.

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

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In Indiana . . .

Black children make up 13.1% of all youth in Indiana, but a staggering

32.8% of youth in the department of corrections.

Source: American Community Survey (2017)

Child Welfare – Foster Care

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53.10%

32.80%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Black

White

% of Indiana Children% of Indiana Children Committed to the Department of Corrections

Proportionally, Black children are significantly overrepresented in the population of youth committed to the department of corrections.

The most common offenses are property crime and offense against a person.

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

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In Indiana . . .

Only 5.1% of Black students were identified as “high ability” in 2018.

Hispanic students fared only slightly

better with 6.8% of students considered “high ability”.

Source: IDOE (2018)

Education – High Ability Identification

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Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in Indiana high ability programs. These students were 2-3 times less likely to be identified as their

White peers.

12.60%

5.10%6.80%

14.70%

21.90%

11% 10.20% 10.70%

BlackTotal Hispanic White Asian Multi Racial

American Indian

Native Hawaiian/Pacific

Islander

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

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In Indiana . . .

Black students dropout of high school

at a rate 2 times higher than their White peers.

Source: IDOE (2018)

Education – Dropout Rate

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4.40%

8.90%

6.60% 6.60%

1.90%

6.90%5.80%

Black HispanicWhite Multi Racial

8.90% of Black high school students dropout before graduating compared to 4.4% of White students and 1.9% of Asian students.

Asian Native Hawaiian/

Pacific Islander

American Indian

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

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In Indiana . . .

Black students are 2.3 times more

likely to receive in-school suspensions, 4 times more likely to

receive out-of-school suspensions,

and 2.2 times more likely to be

expelled than their White peers.

Source: IDOE (2018)

Education - Discipline

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In-School Suspension Out-of-School Suspension

Large racial disparities exist in how schools issue discipline consequences in Indiana schools

3.80%

1.60%

8.60%

16.40%

5.10% 5.30%

1.80% 1.60%

6.40%

8.90%

5.30% 5.70%

3.50%4.20%

0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

16.00%

18.00%

In School Suspension Out of School Suspension

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

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In Indiana and Indianapolis Public Schools. . .

Black students who enroll in college

are significantly more likely to require remediation and dropout before their second year.

Source: Indiana Commission for Higher Education (2019)

Education – Postsecondary Success

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Require Remediation

College Enrollment

57%

50%

53%

34%

65%

46%

25%

29%

14%

21%

10%

11%Indiana

IPS

Indiana

IPS

Indiana

IPS

White

Hispanic

Black

Across the state, Black students are far more likely than their White peers to require remediation following college enrollment. Within IPS, those students are 3 times

more likely to need to remediation courses.

As a district, IPS saw a drop in ELA and Math performance compared to prior years. However, interim assessment data

suggests some of this drop is the result of the change in assessment.

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In Indianapolis Public Schools . . .

Black and Hispanic students face a significant achievement gap on the

State’s ILEARN assessment across content areas.

Source: IDOE (2019)

Education – Achievement Gaps

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There is a large disparitybetween IPS students’ ILEARN pass rates based on demographics.

This inequity is most apparent between our White and Black students where the achievement gap is 27% or higher.

19.8% 19.3%

13.0%12.3%

21.9%21.3%

40.3%39.7%

7.8%

12.6%

25.5%

23.5%

5.3%6.3%

17.0% 16.8%

White

Non-ELL

IPS Avg.Hispanic

Black

ELLs

ELA Math

Non-FRL

FRL

SPED