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SCCPSS reports weighted suspension rate for grades 6–12 at 18.9% in 2025
Summary
The district said the weighted suspension rate for grades 6–12 fell to 18.9% in 2025, down 2.5 points from 2024; student instability, fighting and disorderly conduct were among top referral reasons.
At an October 2025 informal meeting, Sheila Blanco, Public Information Manager for Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (SCCPSS), summarized the district’s discipline report for the past year, saying the district’s weighted suspension rate for students in grades 6 through 12 was 18.9% in school year 2025, a decline of 2.5 percentage points from 2024.
The presentation identified student instability as the single largest source of referrals districtwide. Fighting and disorderly conduct were among the top five referral reasons both districtwide and for students in grades 6 through 12. District leadership described strategies intended to improve student discipline going forward; the meeting summary did not detail specific disciplinary policy changes or timelines for implementation.
The discipline update was delivered as an informational report to the board and no vote or new policy adoption on discipline was recorded in the meeting materials provided by SCCPSS.
