Peoria Standard

Students in Peoria County schools were truant 24.2% 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 27,110 students enrolled in Peoria County in the 2021-22 school year, meaning 6,548 students were absent throughout the year.

The dropout rate in the county was 4.6%, 0.1% 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.

Schools	No. of students enrolled	Chronic truancy rates
Banner Elementary School	323	-
Bartonville Elementary School	274	-
Brimfield Grade School	429	-
Brimfield High School	206	-
Calvin Coolidge Middle School	353	48.4%
Charles A. Lindbergh Middle School	268	20.9%
Charter Oak Primary School	313	18.3%
Chillicothe Elementary Center	153	7.7%
Chillicothe Junior High School	251	6.3%
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School	369	37.9%
Dr. Maude A. Sanders Primary School	378	52.8%
Dunlap Grade School	259	-
Dunlap High School	1,346	0.9%
Dunlap Middle School	528	-
Dunlap Valley Middle School	539	4.6%
Elmwood Elementary School	347	-
Elmwood High School	162	-
Elmwood Junior High School	117	-
Farmington Central Elementary School	603	3.1%
Farmington Central High School	352	13.3%
Farmington Central Junior High School	287	8.7%
Franklin Primary School	409	53.9%
Glen Oak Community Learning Center	676	62.9%
Harrison Community Learning Center	513	46.2%
Hickory Grove Elementary School	808	-
Hines Primary School	421	39.9%
Hollis Consolidated Grade School	131	-
Illini Bluffs Elementary School	400	-
Illini Bluffs High School	253	8.6%
Illini Bluffs Middle School	193	-
Illinois Valley Central High School	619	16.4%
Kellar Primary School	332	11.5%
Limestone Community High School	882	22.4%
Limestone Walters Elementary School	194	-
Lincoln School	684	52.6%
Manual Academy	609	74.1%
Mark W. Bills Middle School	262	42.9%
Monroe Elementary School	282	-
Mossville Elementary School	403	3.8%
Mossville Junior High	180	-
Northmoor Primary School	324	13.1%
Norwood Elementary School	163	18.2%
Norwood Primary School	223	15.7%
Oak Grove School	263	-
Peoria Heights Grade School	505	9.5%
Peoria Heights High School	211	14.2%
Peoria High School	1,337	61%
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	186	33.1%
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	191	18.6%
Pleasant Valley Middle School	251	28.2%
Princeville Elementary School	330	-
Princeville High School	344	5.4%
Quest Charter School Academy	476	71%
Richwoods High School	1,446	30.5%
Ridgeview Elementary School	431	-
Rolling Acres Middle School	379	26.9%
Roosevelt Magnet School	603	65.3%
South Elementary School	410	5%
Sterling Middle School	428	55.4%
Trewyn Primary School	376	77.1%
Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Education Center	476	-
Von Steuben Middle School	312	62.8%
Washington Gifted School	285	-
Whittier Primary School	290	18.9%
Wilder-Waite Elementary School	380	-