Lockport Township High School East students suspended or expelled 763 times just in 2023-24 school year

Lockport Township High School East reported 761 suspensions and two expulsions just during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 764 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, of which 763 were suspensions or expulsions, representing a rate of approximately 20.2 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students. There was an additional case of students being removed to alternative settings rather than being suspended or expelled.

The expulsions were issued for an incident involving violence that caused physical injury and an incident involving drugs.

The school reported that most in-school suspensions were given for incidents involving drugs, with 53 recorded cases. There were also 50 incidents involving tobacco. Additionally, 443 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were 567 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another 196 incidents involved female students.

All 761 suspensions issued in the Lockport Township High School East schools involved high school students.

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving drugs, with 64 cases reported. Additionally, 42 cases were classified under the "other reason" category.

In terms of ethnicity, white students, which made up 66.7% of the Lockport Township High School East student body, were suspended the most in the school, with 312 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by Hispanic students, who made up 22.4% of the student body, and received 265 suspensions and were expelled twice.

Lockport Township High School East is located in the Lockport Township High School District 205, 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.