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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Policy Rep. 2016;30:1.

Table 5.

Percentage of students corporally punished by race, gender and disability status among schools that use corporal punishment

With disability No disability With and without disability together
Black Male 14 16 16
Female 7 6 6
White Male 9 9 9
Female 3 2 2
Both races Male 11 11 11
Female 4 3 3

Data source: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (2014b).