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Thursday, October 23, 2025

North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102 students suspended 33 times in 2023-24 school year

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North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102 reported 33 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 33 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 7.3 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.

Among in-school suspension where a reason was specified, the only case was given for incident involving tobacco. Additionally, 19 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

Only male students were subject to disciplinary actions, a rate of approximately 14.2 incidents per 100 male students.

All 33 suspensions issued in the district involved elementary or middle school students.

All of the students suspended during the 2023-24 school year in North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102 were white, who made up 86.3% of the district’s student population.

Illinois has approved a 2025 budget that allocates $8.6 billion to K-12 education, a $350 million increase from the previous fiscal year—the minimum required under the state funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.

North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol--
Violence with injury--
Violence without injury--
Drug offenses--
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons--
Tobacco1-
Other reason1913
Total2013
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less--
1-2 days148
2-3 days52
3-4 days13
4-10 days--
More than 10 days--

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