According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 168 students during the year. This equates to 44 percent of the 379 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three 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 157. There were three incidents of dangerous weapon. For 127 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 134 suspensions, while 34 girls were suspended.
There were 142 elementary or middle school students, and 26 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 four. 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 3 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 2 | 0 |
| Other reason | 157 | 4 |
| Total | 164 | 4 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 127 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 16 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 10 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 11 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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