According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 70 students during the year. This equates to nine percent of the 782 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for seven incidents with violence that caused physical injury, nine incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, nine incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 22. There were two incidents of violence with injury. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 54 suspensions, while 16 girls were suspended.
There were 51 elementary or middle school students, and 19 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 21. There were eight incidents of drug offense. For 19 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 2 | 5 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 7 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 8 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 2 |
| Other reason | 22 | 21 |
| Total | 27 | 43 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 12 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 14 | 19 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 8 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 5 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 10 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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