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School discipline: Which Northwest Illinois districts reported the most gun-related suspensions?

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By Local Labs News Service

Dixon Unit School District 170, Freeport School District 145 and Oregon Community Unit School District 220 reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to firearms during the 2016-17 school year in Northwest Illinois, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.

In this analysis, the incident rate is calculated by dividing the number of incidents by district enrollment.

School discipline: Gun-related suspensions

Rank

District

City

Enrollment

Gun-related suspensions

Incident rate

1

Dixon Unit School District 170

Dixon

2,771

5

0.18

2

Freeport School District 145

Freeport

4,000

4

0.10

3

Oregon Community Unit School District 220

Oregon

1,451

1

0.07

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

Dixon Unit School District 170• Freeport School District 145 Board• Oregon Community Unit School District 220

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