Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 Principal Dr. Alicia Geddis (2023) | Danville Community Consolidated School District 118
Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 Principal Dr. Alicia Geddis (2023) | Danville Community Consolidated School District 118
There were 11,178 students enrolled in Vermilion County districts in the 2021-22 school year, of which 2,745 students were absent throughout the year.
The districts located in the county had a dropout rate 6.4%, which was 1.2% higher than the year before.
Across the county, Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 suffered the most truancy issues (47.7%) in the 2021-22 school year. Meanwhile, Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512 successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (3.9%).
Students are generally considered chronically truant if they miss 5% or more of the total number of school days in a year without acceptable excuses.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Vermilion County.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped 3% between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last five years.
| District | No. of students enrolled | Chronic truancy rates |
|---|---|---|
| Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 | 4,765 | 47.7% |
| Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4 | 856 | 21% |
| Hoopeston Area Community Unit School District 11 | 1,096 | 18.2% |
| Armstrong Township High School District 225 | 135 | 16.9% |
| Oakwood Community Unit School District 76 | 873 | 8.1% |
| Westville Community Unit School District 2 | 1,176 | 7.4% |
| Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School | 357 | 7.3% |
| Rossville-Alvin Community Unit School District 7 | 261 | 4.3% |
| Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512 | 857 | 3.9% |
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