Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221, Amboy Community Unified School District 272 and Meridian Community Unit School District 223 were among those in Illinois that reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to tobacco 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: Tobacco-related suspensions
Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Tobacco-related suspensions
Incident rate
1
Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221
Forreston
856
18
2.10
2
Amboy Community Unified School District 272
Amboy
689
3
0.44
3
Meridian Community Unit School District 223
Stillman Valley
1,698
7
0.41
4
Ashton Franklin Center Community Unit School District 275
Ashton
507
2
0.39
5
Oregon Community Unit School District 220
Oregon
1,451
5
0.34
6
Eastland Community Unit School District 308
Lanark
629
2
0.32
7
Warren Community Unit School District 205
Warren
413
1
0.24
8
River Bend Community Unit School District 2
Fulton
947
2
0.21
9
Dixon Unit School District 170
Dixon
2,771
4
0.14
10
Byron Community Unit School District 226
Byron
1,504
2
0.13
11
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3
Prophetstown
862
1
0.12
12
Rochelle Township High School District 212
Rochelle
916
1
0.11
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Byron Community Unit School District 226• River Bend Community Unit District 2• Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221• Rochelle Township High School District 212• Meridian Community Unit School District 223• Ashton Community Unit School District 275 Board• Eastland Community Unit School District 308• Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3• Dixon Unit School District 170• Amboy Community Unit School District 272• Warren Community Unit School District 205• Oregon Community Unit School District 220
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