According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 164 students during the year. This equates to 14 percent of the 1,133 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for six incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 21 incidents with violence without physical injury, 16 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 110. There were 18 incidents of violence without injury. For 125 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 121 suspensions, while 43 girls were suspended.
There were 108 elementary or middle school students, and 56 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were eight. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For 10 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Illinois lawmakers enacted laws in 2015 to restrict schools from disciplining a disproportionate number of Black and minority students out of school and into the criminal justice system, often for minor misbehavior.
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | 0 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 4 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 18 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 3 |
| Tobacco | 16 | 0 |
| Other reason | 110 | 8 |
| Total | 148 | 16 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 9 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 125 | 10 |
| 2-3 days | 12 | 2 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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