The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 17,010 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, five incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, six 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 19. There were six incidents of drug offense. For 15 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 48 suspensions, while 13 girls were suspended.
There were 28 elementary or middle school students, and 35 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 25. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For 13 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 6 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 2 |
| Tobacco | 3 | 0 |
| Other reason | 19 | 25 |
| Total | 32 | 31 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 4 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 15 | 13 |
| 2-3 days | 7 | 10 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 4 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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