According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 181 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 5,803 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 35 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 19 incidents with violence without physical injury, 21 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 16 incidents with drugs, five 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 60. There were 17 incidents of tobacco. For 67 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 114 suspensions, while 65 girls were suspended.
There were 118 elementary or middle school students, and 63 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were 33. There were 25 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 29 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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 | 2 | 33 |
| Violence without injury | 11 | 8 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 15 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 5 |
| Tobacco | 17 | 4 |
| Other reason | 60 | 25 |
| Total | 91 | 90 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 8 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 67 | 20 |
| 2-3 days | 15 | 15 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 29 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 25 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 1 |
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