Galesburg High School had the highest truancy rate among 18 schools in Knox County - 36.2%, while Knoxville Senior High School had the highest attendance rate - 99.8%.
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 Knox County schools enrolled 6,505 students in the 2021-2022 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91.5% 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 (%) |
|---|---|
| Galesburg High School | 36.2 |
| Churchill Junior High School | 21.9 |
| King Elementary School | 18.9 |
| Abingdon-Avon High School | 17.6 |
| Lombard Middle School | 16.1 |
| Steele School | 14.2 |
| Abingdon-Avon Middle School | 11.7 |
| Silas Willard Elementary School | 9.3 |
| Hedding Grade School | 6.3 |
| ROWVA Junior/Senior High School | 5 |
| School | Daily attendance rate (%) |
|---|---|
| Knoxville Senior High School | 99.8 |
| Knoxville Junior High School | 99.7 |
| Williamsfield Elementary School | 95.6 |
| Williamsfield Middle School | 95.5 |
| Williamsfield High School | 94.5 |
| Silas Willard Elementary School | 93.9 |
| Mable Woolsey Elementary School | 92.9 |
| ROWVA Elementary School | 92.3 |
| Lombard Middle School | 92.2 |
| King Elementary School | 92.2 |
| ROWVA Junior/Senior High School | 92.2 |
| Steele School | 92.1 |
| Hedding Grade School | 90.9 |
| Avon Elementary School | 90.3 |
| Abingdon-Avon High School | 89.6 |
| Churchill Junior High School | 89.4 |
| Abingdon-Avon Middle School | 88.6 |
| Galesburg High School | 86.4 |
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