According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 131 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 15,333 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 16 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 34 incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, eight incidents with drugs, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm,five 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 19. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For 23 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 94 suspensions, while 37 girls were suspended.
There were 97 elementary or middle school students, and 34 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 46. There were 30 incidents of violence without injury. For 51 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 | 1 |
| Violence with injury | 2 | 14 |
| Violence without injury | 4 | 30 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 8 |
| Firearm | 0 | 1 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 5 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 1 |
| Other reason | 19 | 46 |
| Total | 25 | 106 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 4 |
| 1-2 days | 23 | 51 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 12 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 24 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 15 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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