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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

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

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Amandla Charter School and Horizon Science Acad-Belmont reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to drug offenses 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: Drugs-related suspensions

Rank
District
City
Enrollment
Drug-related suspensions
Incident rate
1
Amandla Charter School
Chicago
277
17
6.14
2
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont
Chicago
495
2
0.40

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