Students suspended 53 times just in 2023-24 school year in Cairo Junior/Senior High School
In total, there were 53 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 44.9 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.
There were 29 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another 24 incidents involved female students.
Of all suspensions issued in the school, 10 involved elementary or middle school students, while 43 involved high school students.
In terms of ethnicity, Black students, which made up 76.3% of the Cairo Junior/Senior High School student body, were suspended the most in the school, with 47 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by white students, who made up 11.9% of the student body, and received one suspension.
Cairo Junior/Senior High School is located in the Cairo Unit School District 1, and has a main office in Cairo.
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 | - | - |
| Drug offenses | - | - |
| Firearm | - | - |
| Other dangerous weapons | - | - |
| Tobacco | - | - |
| Other reason | - | 53 |
| Total | 0 | 53 |
| Duration | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | - | - |
| 1-2 days | - | 11 |
| 2-3 days | - | 7 |
| 3-4 days | - | 6 |
| 4-10 days | - | 21 |
| More than 10 days | - | 8 |