According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 55 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 4,310 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for five incidents with violence that caused physical injury, seven incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident 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 41. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For 20 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.
Boy students received 52 suspensions, while three girls were suspended.
There were 37 elementary or middle school students, and 18 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were three. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For five 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 | 2 | 3 |
| Violence without injury | 4 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 41 | 1 |
| Total | 47 | 8 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 20 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 15 | 5 |
| 2-3 days | 7 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 4 | 1 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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