Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles said the number of student disciplinary events dropped by more than 20% from the 2023-24 school year to the 2024-25 school year.

The details

Miles presented the findings to board managers during the district’s April 16 meeting.

“From this point last year to this point this year, the number of incidents are down quite a bit, [at] 20.86% as a district,” Miles said. “That's huge.”

However, Miles said the district reported 42 students have been found in possession of a firearm in the 2024-25 school year, more than doubling the 18 individuals who had been reported as being in possession of a firearm last year.

A closer look

Miles reported the following decreases in incidents:

• Fighting decreased by 17%
• Insubordination decreased by 23%
• Drug-related incidents decreased by 19%
• Terroristic threats decreased by 20%
• Cursing at staff decreased by 16%
• Bullying decreased by 10%

Miles noted the district also reported decreases in the number of students who have been placed in suspension or referred to Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs compared to last year, including:

• A 15% decline in students receiving in-school suspension
• A 21% decline in students receiving out-of-school suspension
• A nearly 50% drop in students being referred to DAEPs

Also of note

While Miles conceded the number of students who had been found in possession of a firearm more than doubled from the 2023-24 school year to the 2024-25 school year, he said the district started installing metal detectors at its high school campuses in January.

“We’re not done [installing all of the weapon detection systems], but we have made good progress, and it's been going fairly smoothly,” Miles said.