More than five city public school students were arrested per day on average this fall while more than 9 each day were hit with summonses, the latest police department data shows.
This amounted to 279 arrests and 532 summons over 55 school days between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2011 — with black and Hispanic students accounting for 94 percent of the busts.
In fact, while they make up 31 percent of the school population, black students accounted for roughly 60 percent of the arrests, according to an analysis released by the New York Civil Liberties Union.
“This data demonstrates that the impact of heavy-handed policing in city schools falls mostly on African American students… and on male students who suffered nearly three-quarters of all arrests,” said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the NYCLU.
The numbers also show that nearly 19 percent of those hauled away were students between the ages of 11 and 14.
Assaults were the main cause of student collars, followed by resisting arrest and weapons possession.
Summonses were mostly issued for disorderly conduct, followed by riding a bike on the sidewalk and knife possession or sale.
This was only the second time that the NYPD has released school arrest data, following a city council law that was passed last year requiring them to do so.
The first batch of data showed just one arrest per day, but it covered a period that included summer school — when fewer students attend.
City Department of Education and NYPD officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.