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School discipline: Which South Suburbs districts reported the most gun-related suspensions?

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Flossmoor School District 161, Rich Township High School District 227 and Thornton Township High School District 205 reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to firearms during the 2016-17 school year in South Suburbs, 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: Gun-related suspensions

Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Gun-related suspensions
Incident rate
1
Flossmoor School District 161
Chicago Heights
2,313
6
0.26
2
Rich Township High School District 227
Matteson
3,057
4
0.13
3
Thornton Township High School District 205
South Holland
5,227
4
0.08
4
Chicago Heights School District 170
Chicago Heights
3,233
1
0.03
5
North Palos School District 117
Palos Hills
3,329
1
0.03
6
Cook County School District 130
Blue Island
3,701
1
0.03
7
Bremen Community High School District 228
Midlothian
5,106
1
0.02

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