Peoria Standard

Schools among Peoria County had the 11th highest truancy rate of 24.3% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Trewyn Primary School had the highest truancy rate among 64 schools in Peoria County - 77.1%, while Washington Gifted School had the highest attendance rate - 96.8%.

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 Peoria County schools enrolled 26,252 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 (%)
Trewyn Primary School	77.1
Manual Academy	74.1
Quest Charter School Academy	71
Roosevelt Magnet School	65.3
Glen Oak Community Learning Center	62.9
Von Steuben Middle School	62.8
Peoria High School	61
Sterling Middle School	55.4
Franklin Primary School	53.9
Dr. Maude A. Sanders Primary School	52.8
Lincoln School	52.6
Calvin Coolidge Middle School	48.4
Harrison Community Learning Center	46.2
Mark W. Bills Middle School	42.9
Hines Primary School	39.9
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School	37.9
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	33.1
Richwoods High School	30.5
Pleasant Valley Middle School	28.2
Rolling Acres Middle School	26.9
Limestone Community High School	22.4
Charles A. Lindbergh Middle School	20.9
Whittier Primary School	18.9
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	18.6
Charter Oak Primary School	18.3
Norwood Elementary School	18.2
Illinois Valley Central High School	16.4
Norwood Primary School	15.7
Peoria Heights High School	14.2
Farmington Central High School	13.3
Northmoor Primary School	13.1
Kellar Primary School	11.5
Peoria Heights Grade School	9.5
Farmington Central Junior High School	8.7
Illini Bluffs High School	8.6
Chillicothe Elementary Center	7.7
Chillicothe Junior High School	6.3
Princeville High School	5.4
South Elementary School	5
Dunlap Valley Middle School	4.6
Mossville Elementary School	3.8
Farmington Central Elementary School	3.1
Dunlap High School	0.9

School	Daily attendance rate (%)
Washington Gifted School	96.8
Monroe Elementary School	96.7
Elmwood Junior High School	95.7
Princeville Elementary School	95.7
Dunlap Middle School	95.6
Banner Elementary School	95.5
Chillicothe Junior High School	95.4
Elmwood Elementary School	95.3
Limestone Walters Elementary School	95.2
Hickory Grove Elementary School	95.2
Wilder-Waite Elementary School	95.2
Brimfield Grade School	95.2
Ridgeview Elementary School	95.2
Dunlap Grade School	95.1
Princeville High School	95.1
Mossville Elementary School	95.1
Illini Bluffs Elementary School	94.9
Northmoor Primary School	94.9
Kellar Primary School	94.9
Mossville Junior High	94.8
Charter Oak Primary School	94.7
Chillicothe Elementary Center	94.6
Dunlap Valley Middle School	94.5
South Elementary School	94.4
Peoria Heights Grade School	94.2
Hollis Consolidated Grade School	94.1
Elmwood High School	94
Brimfield High School	93.9
Farmington Central Elementary School	93.7
Oak Grove School	93.5
Illini Bluffs Middle School	93.3
Farmington Central High School	93.1
Charles A. Lindbergh Middle School	93
Farmington Central Junior High School	93
Whittier Primary School	92.7
Illinois Valley Central High School	92.2
Rolling Acres Middle School	92.1
Peoria Heights High School	92
Hines Primary School	91.7
Franklin Primary School	91.7
Illini Bluffs High School	91.6
Dunlap High School	91.5
Harrison Community Learning Center	91.4
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School	91.2
Pleasant Valley Middle School	91
Richwoods High School	90.8
Calvin Coolidge Middle School	90.7
Dr. Maude A. Sanders Primary School	90.6
Mark W. Bills Middle School	90.1
Norwood Elementary School	89.5
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	89.3
Norwood Primary School	89.1
Sterling Middle School	88.8
Von Steuben Middle School	88.7
Lincoln School	88.4
Bartonville Elementary School	88.4
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	88.3
Limestone Community High School	87.8
Glen Oak Community Learning Center	87.7
Roosevelt Magnet School	87.4
Peoria High School	85.9
Quest Charter School Academy	82.7
Trewyn Primary School	82.2
Manual Academy	80.4