Kids Matter!

A Status Report on the Well-Being of Children and Youth in Chatham County, Georgia

• Introduction
• Overview
• Executive Summary
• HEALTHY CHILDREN
  • Low Birth Weight Births
  • Very Low Birth Weight Births
  • Infant Mortality
  • Teen Births
  • Teen Pregnancy
  • Repeat Teen Pregnancy
  • Teen Violent Deaths & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• CHILDREN READY FOR & SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOL
  • Over Age 3rd Grade
  • Over Age 5th Grade
  • Over Age 9th Grade
  • System Wide Out of School Suspensions
  • 5th Grade Out of School Suspensions
  • 7th and 9th Grade Out of School Suspensions
  • Truancy
  • Dropouts
  • Graduation Rate
  • Post-Secondary and Technical/Vocational
• STRONG FAMILIES & NEIGHBORHOODS
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Out of Home Placement
  • Juvenile Court
  • Department of Juvenile Justice
  • Juvenile Arrests
• SELF-SUFFICIENT FAMILIES
  • Poverty/Free or Reduced Cost School Lunch/Household Income/Self-Sufficiency
• Data Sources & Acknowledgements

Kids Matter! - 2008

CHILDREN READY FOR & SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOL

Over Age 9th Grade

There have been fluctuations observed in the total number of 9th grade students who are over age for grade over the past three school years, with an increase observed from the previous school year. Looking at Black males in the 2008-2009 school year, 248 were over age for grade, which was 20.3% of the Black male students enrolled in 9th grade. Black males also made up 55% of the total number of 451 over age 9th grade students.