Lexington Community Unit School District 7, Dwight Township High School District 230 and Dwight Common School District 232 reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to a dangerous weapon during the 2016-17 school year in McLean County, 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: Dangerous weapon-related suspensions
Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Firearm
Other
Total dangerous weapon-related suspension Incident rate
1
Lexington Community Unit School District 7
Lexington
478
0
2
0.42
2
Dwight Township High School District 230
Dwight
260
0
1
0.38
3
Dwight Common School District 232
Dwight
560
0
2
0.36
4
Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429
Pontiac
1,252
0
2
0.16
5
Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8
Fairbury
1,939
0
2
0.10
6
Bloomington School District 87
Bloomington
5,300
0
4
0.08
7
Mclean County Unit School District 5
Normal
13,586
0
8
0.06
8
Olympia Community Unit School District 16
Stanford
1,848
0
1
0.05
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Bloomington School District 87 Board• Lexington Community Unit School District 7• Dwight Common School District 232• Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429• Olympia Community Unit School District 16• Dwight Township High School District 230 Board• Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8• Mclean County Unit School District 5 Board
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