The district removed 44 students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 26,089 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 36 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 621 incidents with violence without physical injury, 46 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 49 incidents with drugs, five incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm,21 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 772. There were 299 incidents of violence without injury. For 851 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 1,440 suspensions, while 543 girls were suspended.
There were 1,732 elementary or middle school students, and 251 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 433. There were 322 incidents of violence without injury. For 369 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Violence with injury | 16 | 20 |
| Violence without injury | 299 | 322 |
| Drug offenses | 15 | 34 |
| Firearm | 2 | 3 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 7 | 14 |
| Tobacco | 16 | 28 |
| Other reason | 772 | 433 |
| Total | 1128 | 855 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 118 | 58 |
| 1-2 days | 851 | 369 |
| 2-3 days | 117 | 128 |
| 3-4 days | 38 | 88 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 210 |
| More than 10 days | 3 | 2 |
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