How many times were students suspended in Willow Grove Early Learning Center during 2023-24 school year?
In total, there were two disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 0.5 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.
The school reported that all in-school suspension was given for incident involving violence without physical injury. Additionally, one case was classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.
Only male students were subject to disciplinary actions, a rate of approximately 0.9 incidents per 100 male students.
All two suspensions issued in the Willow Grove Early Learning Center schools involved elementary or middle school students.
Asian and white students were tied for suspension in Willow Grove Early Learning Center, each with one suspension during the 2023-24 school year.
Willow Grove Early Learning Center is located in the Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96, and has a main office in Buffalo Grove.
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 | 1 | - |
| Drug offenses | - | - |
| Firearm | - | - |
| Other dangerous weapons | - | - |
| Tobacco | - | - |
| Other reason | 1 | - |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
| Duration | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | - |
| 1-2 days | - | - |
| 2-3 days | - | - |
| 3-4 days | - | - |
| 4-10 days | - | - |
| More than 10 days | - | - |