PATCH REPORT: The State of Shorewood School Suspension/Expulsion Rates

SHOREWOOD -- It goes without saying that a safe school district is a benefit to the students, parents, teachers and the community.

As the 2016 school year gets underway, we crunched the numbers to find out how one small piece of the puzzle - student suspensions and expulsions - looks for the Shorewood School District.

For almost everybody, there is good news. Shorewood had a 1.7 percent suspension rate in 2014-15 (the most recent data available). That rate was the lowest in the last five years.

Shorewood's suspension rate was significantly lower when compared with the state average of 3.6 percent. By comparison, just a few miles away, the Milwaukee Public School District's suspension rate was a staggering 10.6 percent over the same period - down from an unfathomable 23.2 percent in 2010-2011.

In Shorewood, 36 students were suspended, and 0 were expelled from the district during the 2014-15 school year - the most recent data available on the State Department of Public Instruction Website.

Suspensions by School

Atwater Elementary 7
Lake Bluff Elementary 3
Shorewood Intermediate 6
New Horizons for Learning 2
Shorewood High School 18

Suspensions by Specific Incident Type

Alcohol-Related: 5
Dangerous Weapon (non-firearm): 2
Drug-Related: 12
Handgun: 0
Other Firearm: 0
Shotgun or Rifle: 0

Statewide Suspension/Expulsion by Incident Type

Weapon or Drug-Related:

Alcohol-Related: 507
Dangerous Weapon (non-firearm): 921
Drug-Related: 2,466
Handgun: 17
Other Firearm: 30
Shotgun or Rifle: 26
Assault: 0
Endangering Behavior: 1
Other: 20

Non-Weapon or Drug-Related:

Assault: 4,261
Endangering Behavior: 10, 147
Other: 35,360