Sparta Community Unit School District 140, Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3 and Chester Community Unit School District 139 reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to a dangerous weapon 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: Dangerous weapon-related suspensions
Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Firearm
Other
Total dangerous weapon-related suspension Incident rate
1
Sparta Community Unit School District 140
Sparta
1,244
0
8
0.64
2
Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3
Valmeyer
467
0
1
0.21
3
Chester Community Unit School District 139
Chester
974
0
1
0.10
4
Waterloo Community Unit School District 5
Waterloo
2,701
2
0
0.07
5
Duquoin Community Unit School District 300
Du Quoin
1,520
0
1
0.07
6
Columbia Community Unit School District No. 4
Columbia
1,994
0
1
0.05
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