Metro East Sun

Schools among St. Clair County had the 14th highest truancy rate of 21.1% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Lovejoy Technology Academy had the highest truancy rate among 80 schools in St. Clair County - 96.3%, while St. Libory Elementary School had the highest attendance rate - 97%.

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 St. Clair County schools enrolled 37,026 students in the 2021-2022 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91% 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 (%)
Lovejoy Technology Academy	96.3
East St. Louis Senior High School	92.3
Lovejoy Elementary School	90.6
Lovejoy Middle School	89.3
Lalumier Elementary School	87.3
Mason-Clark Middle School	83.5
Southern Illinois University Charter School of East St. Louis	82.8
Cahokia High School	82.4
East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School	78.6
Oliver Parks 6th Grade School	77.2
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School	77
Annette Officer Elementary School	75
Dunbar Elementary School	73.9
Penniman Elementary School	67.9
Elizabeth Morris Elementary School	65.1
Helen Huffman Elementary School	62.7
Maplewood Elementary School	61.8
James Avant Elementary School	55.7
Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence	52.3
Estelle Sauget School of Choice	46.7
Belle Valley School	23.2
Central Elementary School	23
West Junior High School	22.5
Grant Middle School	21.7
Dupo High School	21.6
Marissa Junior and Senior High School	20.2
Dupo Junior High School	19
Belleville West High School	17.2
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	16.1
Central Junior High School	16
Belleville East High School	15.6
High Mount Elementary School	13.1
Lebanon High School	12.9
Whiteside Elementary School	12.4
Illini Elementary School	12.2
Union Elementary School	11.9
Signal Hill Elementary School	11.8
Franklin Elementary School	10.6
Douglas Elementary School	10.1
Mascoutah High School	10.1
Whiteside Middle School	10
Pontiac Junior High School	7.9
William Holliday Elementary School	7.8
Ellis Elementary School	7.5
Amelia V. Carriel Junior High School	7
Bluffview Elementary School	6.6
Harmony Intermediate Center	6.3
Laverna Evans Elementary School	5.9
O'Fallon High School	5.8
Roosevelt Elementary School	5.4
Emge Junior High School	5.3
Westhaven Elementary School	5
Joseph Arthur Middle School	4.4
Delores Moye Elementary School	3.9
Freeburg Community High School	3.8
Marie Schaefer Elementary School	3.7
Mascoutah Middle School	3
Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School	3
Fulton Junior High School	2.6
Freeburg Elementary School	1.9

School	Daily attendance rate (%)
St. Libory Elementary School	97
Wolf Branch Elementary School	96.1
Smithton Elementary School	96
Freeburg Primary Center	95.8
Wingate Elementary School	95.7
Wolf Branch Middle School	95.6
J. Emmett Hinchcliffe Senior Elementary School	95.6
Mascoutah Elementary School	95.5
New Athens Elementary School	95.2
New Athens High School	95.2
Freeburg Elementary School	95.1
Freeburg Community High School	95
New Athens Junior High School	94.8
Millstadt Consolidated School	94.7
Millstadt Primary Center	94.7
Roosevelt Elementary School	94.6
Scott Elementary School	94.5
Marissa Elementary School	94.5
Lebanon Elementary School	94.3
Westhaven Elementary School	94.3
Mascoutah High School	94.3
Mascoutah Middle School	94.2
Delores Moye Elementary School	94.1
Fulton Junior High School	94
Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School	94
Shiloh Elementary School	93.9
Signal Hill Elementary School	93.7
O'Fallon High School	93.7
Amelia V. Carriel Junior High School	93.7
Shiloh Middle School	93.6
Pontiac Junior High School	93.5
Jefferson Elementary School	93.4
William Holliday Elementary School	93.3
Marie Schaefer Elementary School	93.3
Belleville East High School	93
Douglas Elementary School	92.8
Laverna Evans Elementary School	92.7
Central Elementary School	91.9
Illini Elementary School	91.9
Bluffview Elementary School	91.9
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	91.8
Henry Raab Elementary School	91.7
Belleville West High School	91.6
Harmony Intermediate Center	91.5
Whiteside Elementary School	91.2
Union Elementary School	91
West Junior High School	91
Joseph Arthur Middle School	91
Whiteside Middle School	90.9
Central Junior High School	90.7
Dupo Junior High School	90.3
Belle Valley School	90.3
Ellis Elementary School	90.3
Lebanon High School	90.1
Emge Junior High School	89.5
High Mount Elementary School	89.3
James Avant Elementary School	89.3
Franklin Elementary School	89.2
Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence	89
Dupo High School	88.8
Estelle Sauget School of Choice	88.8
Grant Middle School	88.8
Dunbar Elementary School	87.7
Marissa Junior and Senior High School	87.7
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School	86.9
Helen Huffman Elementary School	86.4
Penniman Elementary School	85.5
Maplewood Elementary School	85.2
East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School	85.1
Annette Officer Elementary School	84.6
Oliver Parks 6th Grade School	84.2
Elizabeth Morris Elementary School	84.1
Southern Illinois University Charter School of East St. Louis	83
Mason-Clark Middle School	82
Lovejoy Middle School	81.8
Lalumier Elementary School	81.3
Lovejoy Elementary School	80.1
Cahokia High School	78.3
Lovejoy Technology Academy	74.1
East St. Louis Senior High School	71.1