Edison Elementary School had the highest truancy rate among 34 schools in Vermilion County - 59.4%, while Northeast Elementary Magnet School had the highest attendance rate - 96.5%.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5% of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The statewide truancy rate was 22.1% during the 2021-2022 school year.
Some schools have incomplete data, which is factored into the calculations.
In Vermilion County schools enrolled 11,109 students in the 2021-2022 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90.4% for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 90.8%.
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 three percent between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
| School | Chronic truancy rates (%) |
|---|---|
| Edison Elementary School | 59.4 |
| Mark Denman Elementary School | 57.3 |
| Danville High School | 51.2 |
| South View Upper Elementary School | 50.2 |
| Liberty Elementary School | 47.4 |
| Meade Park Elementary School | 47.3 |
| North Ridge Middle School | 46.9 |
| Southwest Elementary School | 41.7 |
| Garfield Elementary School | 37.8 |
| Hoopeston Area High School | 27.3 |
| Mary Miller Junior High School | 24.9 |
| Hoopeston Area Middle School | 23.9 |
| Pine Crest Elementary School | 20.3 |
| Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School | 18.6 |
| Armstrong High School | 16.9 |
| John Greer Elementary School | 9.7 |
| Oakwood High School | 9.2 |
| Westville High School | 8.5 |
| Salt Fork High School | 7.7 |
| Oakwood Junior High School | 7.6 |
| Oakwood Grade School | 7.5 |
| Judith Giacoma Elementary School | 7.4 |
| Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School | 7.3 |
| Westville Junior High School | 5.5 |
| Northeast Elementary Magnet School | 4.9 |
| Rossville-Alvin Elementary School | 4.3 |
| School | Daily attendance rate (%) |
|---|---|
| Northeast Elementary Magnet School | 96.5 |
| Salt Fork North Elementary School | 95.9 |
| Bismarck-Henning Junior High School | 95.7 |
| Salt Fork Junior High School | 94.8 |
| Salt Fork South Elementary School | 94.4 |
| John Greer Elementary School | 93.8 |
| Pine Crest Elementary School | 93.7 |
| Potomac Elementary School | 93.6 |
| Maple Elementary School | 93.1 |
| Salt Fork High School | 93 |
| Garfield Elementary School | 92.9 |
| Armstrong-Ellis Elementary School | 92.7 |
| Rossville-Alvin Elementary School | 92.6 |
| Meade Park Elementary School | 92.5 |
| Bismarck-Henning Elementary School | 92.3 |
| Southwest Elementary School | 92 |
| Mary Miller Junior High School | 91.6 |
| Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School | 91.2 |
| Judith Giacoma Elementary School | 90.8 |
| Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School | 90.5 |
| Westville Junior High School | 90.4 |
| South View Upper Elementary School | 90.1 |
| Armstrong High School | 89.6 |
| Mark Denman Elementary School | 89.4 |
| Liberty Elementary School | 89.3 |
| Hoopeston Area Middle School | 89.3 |
| Edison Elementary School | 89.2 |
| Oakwood Grade School | 89.1 |
| Oakwood High School | 88.9 |
| Hoopeston Area High School | 88.7 |
| North Ridge Middle School | 88.6 |
| Westville High School | 87.2 |
| Oakwood Junior High School | 85.8 |
| Danville High School | 84.5 |
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