Rooks Creek Community Consolidated School District 425 Principal Mr. Todd Bean (2023) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-bean-a9aa1961/
Rooks Creek Community Consolidated School District 425 Principal Mr. Todd Bean (2023) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-bean-a9aa1961/
There were 5,791 students enrolled in Livingston County districts in the 2021-22 school year, of which 521 students were absent throughout the year.
The districts located in the county had a dropout rate 3.8%, which was 1.5% higher than the year before.
Across the county, Rooks Creek Community Consolidated School District 425 suffered the most truancy issues (40.9%) in the 2021-22 school year. Meanwhile, Dwight Common School District 232 successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (5.9%).
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 Livingston 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rooks Creek Community Consolidated School District 425 | 49 | 40.9% |
| Pontiac Township High School District 90 | 678 | 16.8% |
| Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 | 1,723 | 12.3% |
| Dwight Township High School District 230 | 220 | 9.4% |
| Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 | 1,105 | 8.2% |
| Tri-Point Community Unit School District 6-J | 363 | 8% |
| Woodland Community Unit School District 5 | 442 | 7.3% |
| Flanagan-Cornell District 74 | 314 | 6% |
| Dwight Common School District 232 | 511 | 5.9% |
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