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Discipline at Roosevelt Middle School: Black students most affected in 2021-22 school year

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Roosevelt Middle School Principal Mr. Larry Garstki (2023) | Roosevelt Middle School

Roosevelt Middle School Principal Mr. Larry Garstki (2023) | Roosevelt Middle School

Black students, constituting 5.6% or 37 of Roosevelt Middle School's total student population of 659, accounted for two out of the seven total suspensions (28.6%) in the 2021-22 school year, averaging roughly one suspension per 19 students, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

During the same period, Roosevelt Middle School's 410 white students, who make up 62.2% of the school population, received two suspensions. This translates to an average of one suspension per 205 white students, which is definitively lower than that of Black students, making them the best-behaved racial group in the school.

Of the seven total suspensions at Roosevelt Middle School in the 2021-22 school year, all of them were in-school suspensions.

According to the report, in the 2021-22 school year, three student suspensions at Roosevelt Middle School were for violence-related offenses.

The most common infraction causing suspension was violence offenses, tallying three cases - 42.9% of the total infractions.

In addition, 72 students, or 10.9% of the student population, fell into the chronically absent category, a broader measure that includes all absences, excused or not.

In a broader context, data from the ProPublica database indicates that Black students are suspended at a rate 4.6 times higher than white students in Illinois—surpassing the already high national average rate of 3.9 times.

However, districts’ officials deny a direct link between these statistics and race. Lisa Small, the Superintendent of District 211, argues that these numbers oversimplify the situation. “Decisions are highly individualized and based on the specific behavior and are not well-suited to a simple numerical analysis,” she wrote in a statement. “They are not a statistic to us, but a developing young adult.”

Illinois ranks 12th in the nation for the highest rate of suspensions among Black students relative to their white peers.

Roosevelt Middle School Infractions by Black Students Over 4 Years
01234567891011122018-192021-22Total InfractionsInfractions by Black students

Roosevelt Middle School Infractions by Race in 2021-22 School Year
RaceNumber of StudentsTotal InfractionsInfractions Per Student
Hispanic10420.02
Black3720.05
Multiracial6710.01
White41020

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