According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 365 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 19,815 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 11 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 64 incidents with violence without physical injury, eight incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 19 incidents with drugs, nine 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 190. There were 28 incidents of violence without injury. For 119 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 292 suspensions, while 70 girls were suspended.
There were 259 elementary or middle school students, and 106 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 64. There were 36 incidents of violence without injury. For 36 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 | 4 | 7 |
| Violence without injury | 28 | 36 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 18 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 8 |
| Tobacco | 8 | 0 |
| Other reason | 190 | 64 |
| Total | 232 | 133 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 59 | 6 |
| 1-2 days | 119 | 36 |
| 2-3 days | 49 | 23 |
| 3-4 days | 3 | 36 |
| 4-10 days | 2 | 32 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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