Rich Township High School District 227, Thornton Township High School District 205 and Country Club Hills School District 160 reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to a dangerous weapon 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: Dangerous weapon-related suspensions
Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Firearm
Other
Total dangerous weapon-related suspension Incident rate
1
Rich Township High School District 227
Matteson
3,057
4
13
0.56
2
Thornton Township High School District 205
South Holland
5,227
4
16
0.38
3
Country Club Hills School District 160
Country Club Hills
1,203
0
4
0.33
4
Cook County School District 130
Blue Island
3,701
1
11
0.32
5
Chicago Ridge School District 127-5
Chicago Ridge
1,473
0
4
0.27
6
Park Forest School District 163
Park Forest
1,892
0
5
0.26
7
Flossmoor School District 161
Chicago Heights
2,313
6
0
0.26
8
Dolton School District 148
Riverdale
2,103
0
5
0.24
9
Prairie Hills Elementary School District 144
Markham
2,595
0
5
0.19
10
Southland College Prep
Richton Park
522
0
1
0.19
11
Calumet City School District 155
Calumet City
1,130
0
2
0.18
12
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147
Harvey
1,150
0
2
0.17
13
Elementary School District 159
Matteson
1,895
0
3
0.16
14
North Palos School District 117
Palos Hills
3,329
1
4
0.15
15
Lemont Township High School District 210
Lemont
1,367
0
2
0.15
16
Arbor Park School District 145
Oak Forest
1,388
0
2
0.14
17
Chicago Heights School District 170
Chicago Heights
3,233
1
3
0.12
18
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124
Evergreen Park
1,847
0
2
0.11
19
South Holland School District 150
South Holland
950
0
1
0.11
20
Lincoln Elementary School District 156
Calumet City
1,040
0
1
0.10
21
Oak Lawn Hometown School District 123
Oak Lawn
3,202
0
2
0.06
22
Reavis Township High School District 220
Burbank
1,800
0
1
0.06
23
Kirby School District 140
Tinley Park
3,638
0
2
0.05
24
Summit School District 104
Summit
1,839
0
1
0.05
25
Homewood School District 153
Homewood
1,955
0
1
0.05
26
Ridgeland School District 122
Oak Lawn
2,391
0
1
0.04
27
Bremen Community High School District 228
Midlothian
5,106
1
1
0.04
28
Bloom Township High School District 206
Chicago Heights
3,067
0
1
0.03
29
Consolidated High School District 230
Orland Park
7,530
0
2
0.03
30
Orland School District 135
Orland Park
5,040
0
1
0.02
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