According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 159 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 11,742 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 38 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 17 incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with drugs, seven 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 90. There were 36 incidents of violence with injury. For 98 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 129 suspensions, while 30 girls were suspended.
There were 142 elementary or middle school students, and 17 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were two. There were two incidents of dangerous weapon. For two 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 | 36 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 16 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 4 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 5 | 2 |
| Tobacco | 2 | 0 |
| Other reason | 90 | 1 |
| Total | 153 | 6 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 16 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 98 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 28 | 2 |
| 3-4 days | 6 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 4 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 1 | 0 |
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