Trico Elementary School students suspended 16 times during 2023-24 school year
In total, there were 16 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 3.5 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.
The school reported that most in-school suspensions were given for incidents involving violence without physical injury, with 12 recorded cases. There was also one incident involving tobacco. Additionally, two cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.
There were 13 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another three incidents involved female students.
All 16 suspensions issued in the Trico Elementary School schools involved elementary or middle school students.
The only out-of-school suspension was for incident involving violence without physical injury.
In terms of ethnicity, white students, which made up 79.7% of the Trico Elementary School student body, were suspended the most in the school, with 13 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by Hispanic students, who made up 18.3% of the student body, and received three suspensions.
Trico Elementary School is located in the Trico Community Unit School District 176, and has a main office in Campbell Hill.
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 | - | - |
| Violence with injury | - | - |
| Violence without injury | 12 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | - | - |
| Firearm | - | - |
| Other dangerous weapons | - | - |
| Tobacco | 1 | - |
| Other reason | 2 | - |
| Total | 15 | 1 |
| Duration | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | - |
| 1-2 days | 11 | - |
| 2-3 days | 2 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | - | - |
| 4-10 days | - | - |
| More than 10 days | - | - |