According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 79 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 11,783 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 13 incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 19 incidents with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for violence without injury, of which there was one. There was one incident of unspecified reasons. For two incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 58 suspensions, while 21 girls were suspended.
There were 40 elementary or middle school students, and 39 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 39. There were 19 incidents of drug offense. For 33 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 | 4 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 12 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 19 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 1 |
| Other reason | 1 | 39 |
| Total | 2 | 77 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 3 |
| 1-2 days | 2 | 33 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 15 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 23 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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