How many times were students suspended in Trico Junior High School during 2023-24 school year?
In total, there were 46 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 25.6 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.
The school reported that all in-school suspensions were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.
There were 30 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another 16 incidents involved female students.
All 46 suspensions issued in the Trico Junior High School schools involved elementary or middle school students.
Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving tobacco, with nine cases reported. Additionally, 22 cases were classified under the "other reason" category.
In terms of ethnicity, white students, which made up 82.2% of the Trico Junior High School student body, were suspended the most in the school, with 37 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by Hispanic students, who made up 13.9% of the student body, and received nine suspensions.
Trico Junior High 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 | - | 2 |
| Violence without injury | - | 7 |
| Drug offenses | - | - |
| Firearm | - | - |
| Other dangerous weapons | - | 1 |
| Tobacco | - | 9 |
| Other reason | 5 | 22 |
| Total | 5 | 41 |
| Duration | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | - | 5 |
| 1-2 days | 5 | 25 |
| 2-3 days | - | 7 |
| 3-4 days | - | 1 |
| 4-10 days | - | 1 |
| More than 10 days | - | 2 |