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In total, there were 32 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 2.6 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.
Among in-school suspensions where a reason was specified, the most common cause was incidents involving violence without physical injury, with three recorded cases. There were also four incidents involving alcohol and tobacco. Additionally, five cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.
There were 19 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another 13 incidents involved female students.
Of all suspensions issued in the district, 26 involved elementary or middle school students, while six involved high school students.
Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence without physical injury, with 12 cases reported. Additionally, two cases were classified under the "other reason" category.
In terms of ethnicity, white students, who made up 83.2% of the Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U student body, were suspended the most in the district, with 28 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year.
Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.
In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.
“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.
| Type of Incident | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | 2 | - |
| Violence with injury | - | - |
| Violence without injury | 3 | 12 |
| Drug offenses | - | 1 |
| Firearm | - | - |
| Other dangerous weapons | - | 1 |
| Tobacco | 2 | 4 |
| Other reason | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 20 |
| Duration | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | - | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 12 | 11 |
| 2-3 days | - | 3 |
| 3-4 days | - | 3 |
| 4-10 days | - | 1 |
| More than 10 days | - | 1 |
