Police arrest an average of one student a day in New York City schools - nearly always a black or Hispanic male

The numbers, released to comply with a new city law, only cover July 1 to Sept. 30, 2011 — two-thirds of which was summer school. Police arrested 63 students - about one a day in 50 days of classes - and issued 182 summons to students - three a day for offenses ranging from robbery to riding a bike on the sidewalk. Of the arrests, 68% of the students were black and 25% were Latino. Blacks make up about 29% of the school system’s 1.1 million students and an estimated 37% of summer school students.