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Report reveals Black students face more discipline at Millennium Elementary School in 2021-22 school year

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Millennium Elementary School Principal Julianne Cosentino (2023) | Millennium Elementary School

Millennium Elementary School Principal Julianne Cosentino (2023) | Millennium Elementary School

Black students, constituting 7.3% or 42 of Millennium Elementary School's total student population of 576, accounted for one out of the two total suspensions (50%) in the 2021-22 school year, averaging one suspension per 42 students, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

During the same period, Millennium Elementary School's 417 white students, who make up 72.4% of the school population, received one suspension. This translates to an average of one suspension per 417 white students, which is definitively lower than that of Black students, making them the best-behaved racial group in the school.

Of the two total suspensions at Millennium Elementary School in the 2021-22 school year, one was in-school suspension and one out-of-school suspension.

In addition, 18 students, or 3.1% of the student population, fell into the chronically absent category, a broader measure that includes all absences, excused or not.

In a broader context, data from the ProPublica database indicates that Black students are suspended at a rate 4.6 times higher than white students in Illinois—surpassing the already high national average rate of 3.9 times.

However, districts’ officials deny a direct link between these statistics and race. Lisa Small, the Superintendent of District 211, argues that these numbers oversimplify the situation. “Decisions are highly individualized and based on the specific behavior and are not well-suited to a simple numerical analysis,” she wrote in a statement. “They are not a statistic to us, but a developing young adult.”

Illinois ranks 12th in the nation for the highest rate of suspensions among Black students relative to their white peers.

Millennium Elementary School Infractions by Black Students Over 5 Years
0123452017-182018-192019-202021-22Total InfractionsInfractions by Black students

Millennium Elementary School Infractions by Race in 2021-22 School Year
RaceNumber of StudentsTotal InfractionsInfractions Per Student
Black4210.02
White41710

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