According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 576 students during the year. This equates to 17 percent of the 3,487 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 54 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 144 incidents with violence without physical injury, 17 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, six 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 239. There were 74 incidents of violence without injury. For 245 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 396 suspensions, while 180 girls were suspended.
There were 506 elementary or middle school students, and 70 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 113. There were 70 incidents of violence without injury. For 137 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Violence with injury | 18 | 36 |
| Violence without injury | 74 | 70 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 5 |
| Tobacco | 11 | 2 |
| Other reason | 239 | 113 |
| Total | 346 | 230 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 84 | 33 |
| 1-2 days | 245 | 137 |
| 2-3 days | 17 | 40 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 19 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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