According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 242 students during the year. This equates to 16 percent of the 1,561 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 21 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 202. There were eight incidents of violence without injury. For 116 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 188 suspensions, while 54 girls were suspended.
There were 67 elementary or middle school students, and 175 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 15. There were 13 incidents of violence without injury. For nine incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 8 | 13 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 1 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 202 | 15 |
| Total | 211 | 31 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 6 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 116 | 4 |
| 2-3 days | 52 | 9 |
| 3-4 days | 22 | 9 |
| 4-10 days | 15 | 7 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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