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School discipline: Which Chicago districts reported the most violence-related suspensions?

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Amandla Charter School, Horizon Science Acad-Belmont and Horizon Science Acad-Mckinley Park reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to violence 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: Violence-related suspensions

Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Violence without injury
Violence with injury
Total violence-related suspensions
Incident rate
1
Amandla Charter School
Chicago
277
116
0
116
41.88
2
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont
Chicago
495
67
5
72
14.55
3
Horizon Science Acad-Mckinley Park
Chicago
725
17
0
17
2.34

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