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2021-22 School Year Attendance: Macon County suffered a truancy rate of 29.4%

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McGaughey Elementary School Principal Mrs. Heather Ethell (2023) | McGaughey Elementary School

McGaughey Elementary School Principal Mrs. Heather Ethell (2023) | McGaughey Elementary School

Students in Macon County schools were truant 29.4% 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 15,129 students enrolled in Macon County in the 2021-22 school year, meaning 4,442 students were absent throughout the year.

The dropout rate in the county was 4.2%, 1.3% 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.

Macon County Chronic Truancy Rates Over 2 Years

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

SchoolsNo. of students enrolledChronic truancy rates
American Dreamer STEM Academy40139.6%
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School4603%
Argenta-Oreana High School24633.6%
Argenta-Oreana Middle School21739%
Dennis Elementary School53234.5%
Eisenhower High School99480.1%
Franklin Grove Elementary School46150.1%
Hope Academy56474.4%
Johns Hill Magnet School57531.6%
MacArthur High School1,13771.8%
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School555-
Maroa-Forsyth Middle School2645.4%
Maroa-Forsyth Senior High School33510.7%
McGaughey Elementary School383-
Meridian Elementary School4333.8%
Meridian High School2958.4%
Meridian Middle School2068.6%
Michael E. Baum Elementary School33437.9%
Montessori Academy for Peace68911.7%
Mt. Zion Elementary School345-
Mt. Zion High School71911.1%
Mt. Zion Intermediate School5272%
Mt. Zion Junior High School401-
Muffley Elementary School39663.9%
Parsons Accelerated School50157.5%
Pershing Early Learning Center414-
Robertson Charter School34833%
Sangamon Valley High School1989.2%
Sangamon Valley Intermediate School134-
Sangamon Valley Middle School160-
Sangamon Valley Primary School152-
South Shores Elementary School30112.5%
Stephen Decatur Middle School49065.3%
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School404-
Warrensburg-Latham High School3096.3%
Warrensburg-Latham Middle School23913.5%

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