For every 100 girls

Tom Mortenson Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY April 26, 2006

Births

  • For every 100 girls that are conceived 115 boys are conceived.
  • For every 100 girl babies born there are 105 boy babies born.

K-12 Education

  • For every 100 girls enrolled in nursery school there are 112 boys enrolled.
  • For every 100 girls enrolled in kindergarten there are 116 boys enrolled.
  • For every 100 girls enrolled in elementary grades there are 107 boys enrolled.
  • For every 100 girls enrolled in ninth grade there are 101 boys enrolled.
  • For every 100 girls enrolled in tenth grade there are 94 boys enrolled.
  • For every 100 girls enrolled in eleventh grade there are 109 boys enrolled.
  • For every 100 girls enrolled in twelfth grade there are 98 boys enrolled.
  • For every 100 girls enrolled in high school there are 100 boys enrolled.
  • For every 100 girls enrolled in gifted and talented programs in public elementary and secondary schools there are 94 boys enrolled.
  • For every 100 girls who graduate from high school 96 boys graduate
  • For every 100 girls suspended from public elementary and secondary schools 250 boys are suspended.
  • For every 100 girls expelled from public elementary and secondary schools 335 boys are expelled.

Special Education

  • For every 100 girls diagnosed with a special education disability 217 boys are diagnosed with a special education disability.
  • For every 100 girls diagnosed with a learning disability 276 boys are diagnosed with a learning disability.
  • For every 100 girls diagnosed with emotional disturbance 324 boys are diagnosed with emotional disturbance
  • For every 100 girls diagnosed with a speech impairment 147 boys are similarly diagnosed.
  • For every 100 girls diagnosed with mental retardation 138 boys are diagnosed as mentally retarded.
  • For every 100 girls diagnosed with visual impairment 125 boys are visually impaired.
  • For every 100 girls diagnosed with hearing impairment 108 boys are diagnosed as hearing impaired.
  • For every 100 girls diagnosed with deafness 120 boys have deafness.
  • For every 100 girls with orthopedic impairment 118 boys have orthopedic impairment.
  • For every 100 girls with other health impairment 127 boys have other health impairment.
  • For every 100 girls with multiple disabilities 189 boys have multiple disabilities.
  • For every 100 girls that are deaf/blind 98 boys are deaf/blind.

Higher Education

  • For every 100 women enrolled in college there are 77 men enrolled.
  • For every 100 women enrolled in the first year of college there are 79 men enrolled.
  • For every 100 women enrolled in the second year of college there are 71 men enrolled.
  • For every 100 women enrolled in the third year of college there are 75 men enrolled.
  • For every 100 women enrolled in the fourth year of college there are 94 men enrolled.
  • For every 100 women enrolled in the fifth year of college there are 65 men enrolled.
  • For every 100 women enrolled in the sixth year or more of college there are 78 men enrolled.
  • For every 100 women living in college dormitories there are 87 men living in college dorms.
  • For every 100 American women who earn an associateís degree from college 67 American men earn the same degree.
  • For every 100 American women who earn a bachelorís degree from college 73 American men earn a bachelorís degree.
  • For every 100 American women who earn a masterís degree from college 62 American men earn the same degree.
  • For every 100 American women who earn a first-professional degree 107 American men earn a first-professional degree.
  • For every 100 American women who earn a doctor's degree from college 92 American men earn the same degree.

Other Indicators

  • For every 100 females ages 15 to 19 that commit suicide 549 males in the same range kill themselves.
  • For every 100 females ages 20 to 24 that commit suicide 624 males of the same age kill themselves.
  • For every 100 girls ages 15 to 17 in correctional facilities there are 837 boys behind bars.
  • For every 100 women ages 18 to 21 in correctional facilities there are 1430 men behind bars.
  • For every 100 women ages 22 to 24 in correctional facilities there are 1448 men in correctional facilities.
  • For every 100 women living in military quarters there are 642 men living in military quarters.
  • For every 100 women ages 18 to 24 years living in emergency and transitional shelters there are 86 men living in similar shelters.
  • For every 100 women ages 18 to 24 years living in-group homes there are 166 men of the same age living in-group homes.

Boys Project Statistics