How many times were students suspended in Westview Elementary School during 2023-24 school year?
In total, there were 99 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 27.4 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.
The school reported that all in-school suspensions were given for incidents involving violence without physical injury, with 11 recorded cases. Additionally, 22 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.
There were 98 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another one incident involved a female student—a rate of approximately 0.6 incidents per 100 female students.
All 99 suspensions issued in the Westview Elementary School schools involved elementary or middle school students.
Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence without physical injury, with 13 cases reported. Additionally, 51 cases were classified under the "other reason" category.
In terms of ethnicity, white students, which made up 92% of the Westview Elementary School student body, were suspended the most in the school, with 61 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by multiracial students, who made up 3.9% of the student body, and received 13 suspensions.
Westview Elementary School is located in the Canton Union School District 66, and has a main office in Canton.
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 | - | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 11 | 13 |
| Drug offenses | - | - |
| Firearm | - | - |
| Other dangerous weapons | - | - |
| Tobacco | - | 1 |
| Other reason | 22 | 51 |
| Total | 33 | 66 |
| Duration | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 25 | 24 |
| 1-2 days | 8 | 33 |
| 2-3 days | - | 5 |
| 3-4 days | - | 4 |
| 4-10 days | - | - |
| More than 10 days | - | - |