New figures from the non-profit education news organization Education Week detail the number of arrests in the nation's schools during the 2013-2014 school year. Those figures include schools in Columbus and the rest of Ohio and show a disparity in the races of arrested students.
Nationwide, some 70,000 students were arrested in a relatively small share of America’s public schools. Black students made up 15 percent of enrollment in public schools but represented 33 percent of arrests.
Hispanic student were also more likely to be arrested than white students.
In Ohio, data shows just over 1,600 arrests during the school year. Seventeen of Columbus' schools saw at least one student arrested.
Briggs High School led the district with 19 arrests. At Briggs, black students represented 27 percent of the enrollment and 53 percent of all arrests.
