According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 236 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 6,002 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for seven incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 21 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, 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 154. There were 19 incidents of tobacco. For 114 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 198 suspensions, while 34 girls were suspended.
There were 86 elementary or middle school students, and 150 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 48. There were seven incidents of violence with injury. For 21 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 | 7 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 3 |
| Tobacco | 19 | 2 |
| Other reason | 154 | 48 |
| Total | 174 | 62 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 3 | 3 |
| 1-2 days | 114 | 21 |
| 2-3 days | 52 | 10 |
| 3-4 days | 4 | 9 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 19 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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