According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 330 students during the year. This equates to 36 percent of the 920 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 11 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 13 incidents with violence without physical injury, 15 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 27 incidents with drugs, two incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 227. There were 15 incidents of tobacco. For 214 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 238 suspensions, while 92 girls were suspended.
There were 330 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 35. There were 13 incidents of drug offense. For 22 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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 | 4 | 7 |
| Violence without injury | 10 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 14 | 13 |
| Firearm | 0 | 2 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 15 | 0 |
| Other reason | 227 | 35 |
| Total | 270 | 60 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 214 | 21 |
| 2-3 days | 51 | 9 |
| 3-4 days | 4 | 8 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 22 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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