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2021-22 School Year Attendance: Bureau County suffered a truancy rate of 6.9%

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Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education

Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education

Students in Bureau County schools were truant 6.9% of the time in the 2021-22 school year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The truancy rate was lower than the previous school year.

There were 4,476 students enrolled in Bureau County in the 2021-22 school year, meaning 311 students were absent throughout the year.

The dropout rate in the county was 8%, 4.3% higher than the year before.

Statewide, Hardin County schools suffered the most truancy issues (38.4%) in the 2021-22 school year. Meanwhile, Monroe County schools successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (3.1%).

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.

In 2022, Illinois had more than 1.9 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools across 852 school districts. There were more than 350,000 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 years (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.

Bureau County Chronic Truancy Rates Over 2 Years

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Bureau County Chronic Truancy Rates by School in 2021-22 School Cycle

SchoolsNo. of students enrolledChronic truancy rates
Allen Grade School79-
Bureau Valley Elementary Wyanet Campus138-
Bureau Valley Elementary and Junior High School3075%
Bureau Valley High School3134.6%
Bureau Valley North School202-
Dalzell Grade School63-
DePue Elementary School2319.5%
DePue High School10130.2%
Douglas Elementary School208-
Hall High School37815.3%
Jefferson Elementary School22411.5%
John F. Kennedy Elementary School6165%
La Moille Junior/Senior High School9420.6%
Ladd Community Consolidated School179-
Lincoln Elementary School198-
Logan Junior High School4275.8%
Malden Grade School94-
Ohio Community Consolidated Grade School72-
Ohio Community High School27-
Princeton High School49911%

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