According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 270 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 12,325 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence without physical injury, 15 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 14 incidents with drugs, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm,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 86. There were nine incidents of drug offense. For 60 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 208 suspensions, while 62 girls were suspended.
There were 122 elementary or middle school students, and 148 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 147. There were nine incidents of tobacco. For 133 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 9 | 5 |
| Firearm | 1 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 5 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 6 | 9 |
| Other reason | 86 | 147 |
| Total | 108 | 162 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 6 | 18 |
| 1-2 days | 60 | 133 |
| 2-3 days | 19 | 9 |
| 3-4 days | 5 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 18 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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