The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 12,408 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 249 incidents with violence without physical injury, 12 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 28 incidents with drugs, two incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm,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 91. There were 53 incidents of violence without injury. For 102 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 254 suspensions, while 177 girls were suspended.
There were 299 elementary or middle school students, and 140 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 196. There were 48 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 99 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 53 | 196 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 27 |
| Firearm | 2 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 7 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 12 |
| Other reason | 91 | 48 |
| Total | 147 | 292 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 9 | 6 |
| 1-2 days | 102 | 82 |
| 2-3 days | 33 | 98 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 99 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 7 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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