Top Ten Pupil-Battering States
1997-98 School Year

RANK STATE % OF PUPILS
BATTERED
NUMBER OF PUPILS
BATTERED
1 Mississippi 10.1% 49,859
2 Arkansas 9.2% 40,811
3 Alabama 6.3% 45,610
4 Tennessee 4.0% 36,477
5 Oklahoma 3.0% 18,581
6 Louisiana 2.7% 19,986
7 Georgia 2.13% 27,759
8 Texas 2.07% 81,373
9 Missouri 1.1% 9,717
10 New Mexico 0.9% 2,935

Source:
Office for Civil Rights l998 Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report
For comparison to the "Top Ten" of the previous year, see 1997 Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report.



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