Chester Community Unit School District 139, Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 and Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3 were among those in Illinois that reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to tobacco 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: Tobacco-related suspensions
Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Tobacco-related suspensions
Incident rate
1
Chester Community Unit School District 139
Chester
974
13
1.33
2
Pinckneyville Community High School District 101
Pinckneyville
450
5
1.11
3
Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3
Valmeyer
467
3
0.64
4
Columbia Community Unit School District No. 4
Columbia
1,994
11
0.55
5
Sparta Community Unit School District 140
Sparta
1,244
5
0.40
6
Duquoin Community Unit School District 300
Du Quoin
1,520
3
0.20
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