Decatur School District 61, Clinton Community Unit School District 15 and Sullivan Community Unit School District 300 reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to a dangerous weapon during the 2016-17 school year in Greater Decatur, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.
In this analysis, the incident rate is calculated by dividing the number of incidents by district enrollment.
School discipline: Dangerous weapon-related suspensions
Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Firearm
Other
Total dangerous weapon-related suspension Incident rate
1
Decatur School District 61
Decatur
9,104
0
37
0.41
2
Clinton Community Unit School District 15
Clinton
1,954
0
6
0.31
3
Sullivan Community Unit School District 300
Sullivan
1,143
0
3
0.26
4
Sangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9
Niantic
710
0
1
0.14
5
Mt Zion Community Unit School District 3
Mt Zion
2,478
3
0
0.12
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