According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 412 students during the year. This equates to 34 percent of the 1,207 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury, six incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three 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 397. There were four incidents of tobacco. For 272 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 295 suspensions, while 117 girls were suspended.
There were 412 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were three. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. For four incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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 | 2 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 2 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 3 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 4 | 0 |
| Other reason | 397 | 3 |
| Total | 401 | 11 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 121 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 272 | 3 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 4 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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