Dekalb Community Unit School District 428 and Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to a dangerous weapon during the 2016-17 school year in DeKalb County, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.
In this analysis, the incident rate is calculated by dividing the number of incidents by district enrollment.
School discipline: Dangerous weapon-related suspensions
Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Firearm
Other
Total dangerous weapon-related suspension Incident rate
1
Dekalb Community Unit School District 428
Dekalb
6,507
2
7
0.14
2
Sycamore Community Unit School District 427
Sycamore
3,763
0
1
0.03