According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 143 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 35,958 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 12 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 18 incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 16 incidents with drugs, 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 38. There were four incidents of drug offense. For 30 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 117 suspensions, while 19 girls were suspended.
There were 75 elementary or middle school students, and 68 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 51. There were 17 incidents of violence without injury. For 48 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Violence with injury | 2 | 10 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 17 |
| Drug offenses | 4 | 12 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 3 |
| Other reason | 38 | 51 |
| Total | 47 | 96 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 5 | 4 |
| 1-2 days | 30 | 48 |
| 2-3 days | 11 | 18 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 16 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 10 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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