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School discipline: Which Chicago districts reported the most suspensions?

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By Local Labs News Service

Amandla Charter School, Horizon Science Acad-Belmont and Horizon Science Acad-Mckinley Park reported the highest rate of students suspended for any reason during the 2016-17 school year in Chicago, 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: Suspensions

Rank

District

City

Enrollment

Total suspensions

Incident rate

1

Amandla Charter School

Chicago

277

315

113.72

2

Horizon Science Acad-Belmont

Chicago

495

115

23.23

3

Horizon Science Acad-Mckinley Park

Chicago

725

98

13.52

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

Horizon Science Acad - Mckinley Park Charter School• Horizon Science Academy - Belmont Charter School• Amandla Charter School

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