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School discipline: Which DeKalb County districts reported the most tobacco-related suspensions?

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Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426, Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 and Genoa Kingston Community Unit School District 424 were among those in Illinois that reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to tobacco 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: Tobacco-related suspensions

Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Tobacco-related suspensions
Incident rate
1
Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426
Kirkland
549
4
0.73
2
Somonauk Community Unit School District 432
Somonauk
811
2
0.25
3
Genoa Kingston Community Unit School District 424
Genoa
1,726
1
0.06
4
Sycamore Community Unit School District 427
Sycamore
3,763
1
0.03
5
Dekalb Community Unit School District 428
Dekalb
6,507
1
0.02

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