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Wolf Branch School District 113 students suspended or expelled 105 times just in 2023-24 school year

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Wolf Branch School District 113 reported 104 suspensions and an expulsion just during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 105 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 13.5 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.

The expulsion was issued for .

Among in-school suspensions all cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were 75 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another 30 incidents involved female students.

All 104 suspensions issued in the district involved elementary or middle school students.

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving a dangerous weapon other than a firearm, with two cases reported. Additionally, 46 cases were classified under the "other reason" category.

In terms of ethnicity, white students, who made up 61.2% of the Wolf Branch School District 113 student body, were suspended or expelled the most in the district, with 56 suspensions and one expulsion reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by Black students, who made up 20.4% of the student body, and received 41 suspensions.

Illinois has approved a 2025 budget that allocates $8.6 billion to K-12 education, a $350 million increase from the previous fiscal year—the minimum required under the state funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.

Wolf Branch School District 113 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School SuspensionExpelled
Alcohol---
Violence with injury---
Violence without injury---
Drug offenses---
Firearm---
Other dangerous weapons-2-
Tobacco-1-
Other reason55461
Total55491
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less10-
1-2 days4225
2-3 days25
3-4 days112
4-10 days-4
More than 10 days-3

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