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Maplewood Elementary School reports 3 incidents of students being suspended in 2023-24 school year

Published 07/03/26

Maplewood Elementary School reported three suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were three disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 0.9 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.

There were two disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another one incident involved a female student—a rate of approximately 0.7 incidents per 100 female students.

All three suspensions issued in the Maplewood Elementary School schools involved elementary or middle school students.

All of the students suspended during the 2023-24 school year in Maplewood Elementary School were Black, who made up 86.4% population.

Maplewood Elementary School is located in the Cahokia Community Unit School District 187, and has a main office in Cahokia.

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.

Maplewood Elementary School Student Discipline Report in 2023-24 School Year
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol--
Violence with injury--
Violence without injury--
Drug offenses--
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons--
Tobacco--
Other reason-3
Total03
Length of Suspensions in Maplewood Elementary School in 2023-24 School Year
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less--
1-2 days-2
2-3 days--
3-4 days-1
4-10 days--
More than 10 days--

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