Mount Vernon High School stood out in Jefferson County with 1,164 students enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Black students, constituting 27.9% or 175 of Dr. Nick Osborne Primary Center's total student population of 627, accounted for 35 out of the 84 total suspensions (41.7%) in the 2021-22 school year, averaging one suspension per five students, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.