According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 117 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 1,866 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 31 incidents with violence without physical injury.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 80. There were nine incidents of violence without injury. For 75 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 81 suspensions, while 36 girls were suspended.
There were 16 elementary or middle school students, and 101 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 22. There were six incidents of unspecified reasons. For 15 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 9 | 22 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 80 | 6 |
| Total | 89 | 28 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 9 | 5 |
| 1-2 days | 75 | 15 |
| 2-3 days | 5 | 3 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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