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Gender Equity in K-12 Education
Boys achieve worse educational outcomes than girls on a variety of metrics. The percentages provided below draw attention to gender-based disparities, with latest-available statistics rounded to the nearest 5%.
Gender equity in K-12 education calls for a country in which…
- fewer boys are delayed entering kindergarten (currently 40% more boys than girls)
- fewer boys repeat kindergarten (currently 45% more boys than girls)
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Number and percentage distribution of kindergartners, 2010
Gender equity in K-12 education calls for a country in which…
- fewer boys are suspended from public elementary and secondary schools (currently 140% more boys than girls)
- fewer boys are expelled from public elementary and secondary schools (currently 190% more boys than girls)
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Number of students suspended and expelled, 2014
Gender equity in K-12 education calls for a country in which…
- more boys take the SAT test (currently 10% fewer boys than girls)
Source: College Board, SAT Annual Report, 2020
Gender equity in K-12 education calls for a country in which…
- more college-bound high school senior boys score in the top 10% of their class (currently 20% fewer boys than girls)
- more college-bound high school senior boys earn an A or A+ grade point average (currently 35% fewer boys than girls)
- more college-bound high school senior boys take AP/Honors courses in mathematics (currently 20% fewer boys than girls)
- more college-bound high school senior boys take AP/Honors courses in natural sciences (currently 20% fewer boys than girls)
- more college-bound high school senior boys take AP/Honors courses in English and language arts (currently 35% fewer boys than girls)
- more college-bound high school senior boys take AP/Honors courses in foreign and classical languages (currently 35% fewer boys than girls)
- more college-bound high school senior boys take AP/Honors courses in arts and music (currently 45% fewer boys than girls)
Source: College Board, Total Group Profile Report, 2016
(This list is based on “For Every 100 Girls…2020 Update” compiled by Tom Mortenson and originally published by Education Week on March 28, 2011, then updated in 2020 by Professor Mark J. Perry.)