US education fails boys significantly starting all the way back in elementary school. I knew multiple teachers in high school who talked about how the system fails boys and doesn't know how to engage them and extends especially to minority boys. I think it's a pretty poorly kept open secret. This article basically covers what I've been told for years by educator friends.
http://www.cpreview.org/blog/2021/6/why-are-we-failing-our-s...