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School discipline: Which SW Illinois districts reported the most suspensions?

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Sparta Community Unit School District 140, Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 and Duquoin Community Unit School District 300 reported the highest rate of students suspended for any reason during the 2016-17 school year in SW Illinois, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.

In this analysis, the incident rate is calculated by dividing the number of incidents by district enrollment.

School discipline: Suspensions

Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Total suspensions
Incident rate
1
Sparta Community Unit School District 140
Sparta
1,244
940
75.56
2
Pinckneyville Community High School District 101
Pinckneyville
450
142
31.56
3
Duquoin Community Unit School District 300
Du Quoin
1,520
303
19.93
4
Coulterville Unit School District 1
Coulterville
216
36
16.67
5
Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3
Valmeyer
467
45
9.64
6
Waterloo Community Unit School District 5
Waterloo
2,701
187
6.92
7
Red Bud Community Unit School District 132
Red Bud
1,021
59
5.78
8
Chester Community Unit School District 139
Chester
974
56
5.75
9
Columbia Community Unit School District No. 4
Columbia
1,994
49
2.46
10
Pinckneyville School District 50
Pinckneyville
529
10
1.89
11
Steeleville Community Unit School District 138
Steeleville
480
4
0.83

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