Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 Principal Dr. Kristopher Monn (2023) | Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201
Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 Principal Dr. Kristopher Monn (2023) | Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201
There were 12,894 students enrolled in Grundy County districts in the 2021-22 school year, of which 700 students were absent throughout the year.
The districts located in the county had a dropout rate 1.5%, which was -0.1% lower than the year before.
Across the county, Braceville School District 75 suffered the most truancy issues (12.9%) in the 2021-22 school year. Meanwhile, Minooka Community High School District 111 successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (4.7%).
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 Grundy 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 |
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Braceville School District 75 | 109 | 12.9% |
Morris Community High School District 101 | 843 | 9% |
Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 | 4,462 | 8.9% |
Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District 73 | 168 | 7.5% |
Coal City Community Unit School District 1 | 2,056 | 5.1% |
Minooka Community High School District 111 | 2,783 | 4.7% |