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Report reveals multiracial students face more discipline at Williamsville Junior High School in 2021-22 school year

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Williamsville Junior High School Principal Mr. Clay Shoufler (2023) | Williamsville Junior High School

Williamsville Junior High School Principal Mr. Clay Shoufler (2023) | Williamsville Junior High School

Multiracial students, constituting 4% or 19 of Williamsville Junior High School's total student population of 473, accounted for one out of the nine total suspensions (11.1%) in the 2021-22 school year, averaging one suspension per 19 students, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

During the same period, Williamsville Junior High School's 447 white students, who make up 94.5% of the school population, received eight suspensions. This translates to an average of roughly one suspension per 56 white students, which is definitively lower than that of multiracial students, making them the best-behaved racial group in the school.

Of the nine total suspensions at Williamsville Junior High School in the 2021-22 school year, seven were in-school suspensions and two out-of-school suspensions.

According to the report, in the 2021-22 school year, two student suspensions at Williamsville Junior High School were for violence-related offenses.

The most common infraction causing suspension was violence offenses, tallying two cases - 22.2% of the total infractions.

In addition, 54 students, or 11.5% 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.

Williamsville Junior High School Infractions by Multiracial Students Over 5 Years
01234567891011122017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22Total InfractionsInfractions by multiracial students

Williamsville Junior High School Infractions by Race in 2021-22 School Year
RaceNumber of StudentsTotal InfractionsInfractions Per Student
Multiracial1910.05
White44780.02

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