Students suspended 12 times in 2023-24 school year in Luther J. Schilling School

Luther J. Schilling School reported 12 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 12 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 2 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.

The school reported that all in-school suspensions were given for incidents involving violence without physical injury, with 10 recorded cases. Additionally, two cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were eight disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another four incidents involved female students.

All 12 suspensions issued in the Luther J. Schilling School schools involved elementary or middle school students.

In terms of ethnicity, white students, which made up 83.6% of the Luther J. Schilling School student body, were suspended the most in the school, with 11 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by Hispanic students, who made up 12% of the student body, and received one suspension.

Luther J. Schilling School is located in the Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C, and has a main office in Homer Glen.

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.