How many times were students suspended in Milne Grove Elementary School during 2023-24 school year?

Milne Grove Elementary School reported four suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were four disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 1.8 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.

The school reported that all in-school suspension was given for incident involving violence without physical injury.

Only male students were subject to disciplinary actions, a rate of approximately 3.1 incidents per 100 male students.

All four suspensions issued in the Milne Grove Elementary School schools involved elementary or middle school students.

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence without physical injury, with three cases reported.

All of the students suspended during the 2023-24 school year in Milne Grove Elementary School were white, who made up 70.6% population.

Milne Grove Elementary School is located in the Lockport School District 91, and has a main office in Lockport.

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.