According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 46 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 5,674 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, six incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs, two 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 12. There was one incident of violence without injury. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 36 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.
There were 46 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 22. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For 11 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 2 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 0 |
| Other reason | 12 | 22 |
| Total | 14 | 32 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 8 | 7 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 7 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 7 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 11 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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