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In total, there were 73 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 16.9 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.
The school reported that most in-school suspensions were given for incidents involving tobacco, with three recorded cases. There was also one incident involving alcohol. Additionally, 44 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.
There were 54 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another 19 incidents involved female students.
All 73 suspensions issued in the Peotone High School schools involved high school students.
Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving tobacco and violence that caused physical injury, with six cases reported. Additionally, 17 cases were classified under the "other reason" category.
In terms of ethnicity, white students, which made up 80.6% of the Peotone High School student body, were suspended the most in the school, with 65 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by multiracial students, who made up 3.2% of the student body, and received two suspensions.
Peotone High School is located in the Peotone Community Unit School District 207U, and has a main office in Peotone.
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 | 1 | 2 |
| Violence with injury | - | 3 |
| Violence without injury | - | - |
| Drug offenses | - | - |
| Firearm | - | - |
| Other dangerous weapons | - | - |
| Tobacco | 3 | 3 |
| Other reason | 44 | 17 |
| Total | 48 | 25 |
| Duration | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | - |
| 1-2 days | 46 | 11 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 8 |
| 3-4 days | - | 1 |
| 4-10 days | - | 5 |
| More than 10 days | - | - |
