The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 24,915 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 12 incidents with violence without physical injury, 15 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 13 incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 46. There were 12 incidents of tobacco. For 32 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 100 suspensions, while 26 girls were suspended.
There were 86 elementary or middle school students, and 56 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 53. There were seven incidents of drug offense. For 21 incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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 | 3 |
| Violence without injury | 7 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 6 | 7 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 12 | 3 |
| Other reason | 46 | 53 |
| Total | 71 | 71 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 7 | 7 |
| 1-2 days | 32 | 19 |
| 2-3 days | 14 | 21 |
| 3-4 days | 17 | 13 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 11 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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