Kankakee School District 111 Principal Dr. Genevra Walters (2023) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevra-walters/
Kankakee School District 111 Principal Dr. Genevra Walters (2023) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevra-walters/
There were 16,350 students enrolled in Kankakee County districts in the 2021-22 school year, of which 4,981 students were absent throughout the year.
The districts located in the county had a dropout rate 2.9%, which was 1.3% higher than the year before.
Across the county, Kankakee School District 111 suffered the most truancy issues (65%) in the 2021-22 school year. Meanwhile, St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (3%).
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.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Kankakee County.
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 3% between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last five years.
| District | No. of students enrolled | Chronic truancy rates |
|---|---|---|
| Kankakee School District 111 | 4,932 | 65% |
| Pembroke Consolidated Community School District 259 | 175 | 56.6% |
| Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 | 1,883 | 50.7% |
| St. Anne Community High School District 302 | 180 | 23.3% |
| Bourbonnais School District 53 | 2,281 | 16.1% |
| Bradley School District 61 | 1,340 | 15.5% |
| Manteno Community Unit School District 5 | 1,839 | 15.1% |
| Momence Community Unit School District 1 | 936 | 15% |
| St. Anne Community Consolidated School District 256 | 286 | 7.2% |
| Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 | 432 | 5.2% |
| Herscher Community Unit School District 2 | 1,673 | 3.5% |
| St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 | 393 | 3% |
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