A report on behavior incidents in the Madison Metropolitan School District for the 2012-13 school year outlined some of the challenges the district faces in racial disproportionalities.

While black students made up 19 percent of the student population in Madison public schools, they accounted for 60 percent of the out-of-school suspensions given last school year.

Black students were eight times more likely to be suspended than white students; 20 percent of black students had at least one out-of-school suspension during the 2012-13 year compared to only 7 percent of all students and just 3 percent of white students.

Here are some of the figures included in the district's 2012-13 behavior report:

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