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2021-22 School Year Attendance: Grundy County districts suffered a truancy rate of 5.4%

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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

Students in Grundy County districts had a truancy rate of 5.4% in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. This was a decrease from the previous school year's rate of 9.2%.

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.

Truancy vs Attendance Rates in Grundy County Over 2 Years
2020-212021-220%20%40%60%80%100%Attendance rateTruancy rate

Grundy County Districts Chronic Truancy Rates in 2021-22 School Year
DistrictNo. of students enrolledChronic truancy rates
Braceville School District 7510912.9%
Morris Community High School District 1018439%
Minooka Community Consolidated School District 2014,4628.9%
Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District 731687.5%
Coal City Community Unit School District 12,0565.1%
Minooka Community High School District 1112,7834.7%

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