According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 183 students during the year. This equates to 13 percent of the 1,405 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 32 incidents with violence without physical injury, 21 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 10 incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 118. There were 20 incidents of violence without injury. For 134 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 117 suspensions, while 66 girls were suspended.
There were 49 elementary or middle school students, and 134 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 12. There were eight incidents of drug offense. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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 | 5 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 20 | 12 |
| Drug offenses | 2 | 8 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 16 | 0 |
| Other reason | 118 | 1 |
| Total | 156 | 27 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 134 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 19 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 5 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 14 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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