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Minooka Community High School students suspended 184 times just in 2023-24 school year

 
Minooka Community High School students suspended 184 times just in 2023-24 school year
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Minooka Community High School reported 184 suspensions just during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 184 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 6.4 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.

The school reported that all in-school suspensions were given for incidents involving drugs and a dangerous weapon other than a firearm, with two recorded cases. Additionally, 44 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were 128 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another 56 incidents involved female students.

All 184 suspensions issued in the Minooka Community High School schools involved high school students.

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving drugs, with 40 cases reported. Additionally, 41 cases were classified under the "other reason" category.

In terms of ethnicity, white students, which made up 67% of the Minooka Community High School student body, were suspended the most in the school, with 101 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by Hispanic students, who made up 22.3% of the student body, and received 46 suspensions.

Minooka Community High School is located in the Minooka Community High School District 111, and has a main office in Channahon.

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.

Minooka Community High School Student Discipline Report in 2023-24 School Year
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol-1
Violence with injury-7
Violence without injury-11
Drug offenses140
Firearm-1
Other dangerous weapons14
Tobacco-33
Other reason4441
Total46138
Length of Suspensions in Minooka Community High School in 2023-24 School Year
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less-1
1-2 days4552
2-3 days116
3-4 days-7
4-10 days-19
More than 10 days-43