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Urbana School District 116 students suspended 2,251 times in a single school year

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Urbana School District 116 reported 2,251 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 2,251 students during the year. That equates to 52 percent of the 4,331 students enrolled.

Of the 1,916 in-school suspensions, 1,142 were given to boys and 774 were given to girls, including 1,539 elementary or middle schoolers and 377 high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 1,830 incidents. There were 60 incidents of violence without physical injury. For 1,804 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 335 out-of-school suspensions, 208 were given to boys and 127 were given to girls, including 234 elementary or middle schoolers and 101 high schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 224 incidents. There were 73 incidents of violence without physical injury. For 160 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Urbana School District 116 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
3
6
Violence with injury
13
14
Violence without injury
60
73
Drug offenses
3
7
Firearm
0
2
Other dangerous weapons
3
9
Tobacco
4
0
Other reason
1,830
224
Total
1,916
335

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
1,804
160
1-3 days
103
94
3-5 days
9
59
5-10 days
0
22
More than 10 days
0
0

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