According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 96 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 2,028 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for four incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 24 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 10 incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 16. There were 11 incidents of violence without injury. For 25 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 88 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.
There were 68 elementary or middle school students, and 28 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 38. There were 13 incidents of violence without injury. For 33 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 | 1 | 3 |
| Violence without injury | 11 | 13 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 10 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 4 |
| Other reason | 16 | 38 |
| Total | 28 | 68 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 3 | 8 |
| 1-2 days | 25 | 33 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 7 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 14 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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