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Schools among Madison County had the 17th highest truancy rate of 19.4% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Bernard Long Elementary School had the highest truancy rate among 72 schools in Madison County - 76.7%, while Grantfork Upper Elementary School had the highest attendance rate - 96%.

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 Madison County schools enrolled 38,164 students in the 2021-2022 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90.3% 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 (%)
Bernard Long Elementary School	76.7
Madison Senior High School	68.7
Frohardt Elementary School	54.1
Maryville Elementary School	53.6
Wilson Elementary School	50
Madison Junior High School	49.6
Mitchell Elementary School	48
Granite City High School	47.4
Grigsby Intermediate School	46.6
Eunice Smith Elementary School	41.2
Alton High School	41
North Elementary School	39.4
Gilson Brown Elementary School	38
Lovejoy Elementary School	37.4
Lewis and Clark Elementary School	36.3
East Elementary School	36
Coolidge Junior High School	35.9
Alton Middle School	35.9
West Elementary School	31.1
Civic Memorial High School	29.4
Eastwood Elementary School	27.7
Collinsville High School	23.4
Bethalto East Primary School	21
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	19.8
Dorris Intermediate School	19.1
East Alton Middle School	18.2
Venice Elementary School	17.2
Kreitner Elementary School	16.8
Roxana Senior High School	16.5
Lewis-Clark Junior High School	15.6
Collinsville Middle School	15
East Alton-Wood River High School	14.7
Lewis-Clark Elementary School	14.5
South Primary School	13.5
Roxana Junior High School	12
Edwardsville High School	11.8
Central Intermediate School	10.2
Twin Echo Elementary School	9.4
Caseyville Elementary School	9
Meadowbrook Intermediate School	8
Lincoln Middle School	6.1
Parkside Primary School	6
Highland High School	5.1
John A. Renfro Elementary School	4.9
Highland Middle School	4.5
Triad High School	4.3
Liberty Middle School	3.3
Triad Middle School	3
Silver Creek Elementary School	1.9

School	Daily attendance rate (%)
Grantfork Upper Elementary School	96
Alhambra Primary School	95.5
Highland Primary School	94.9
Highland Elementary School	94.8
Highland Middle School	94.7
Marine Elementary School	94.7
South Primary School	94.5
St. Jacob Elementary School	94.4
Parkside Primary School	94.3
Roxana Junior High School	94.2
Albert Cassens Elementary	94.1
C.A. Henning School	94
Central Intermediate School	93.9
Kreitner Elementary School	93.9
Goshen Elementary School	93.9
LeClaire Elementary School	93.8
Glen Carbon Elementary School	93.8
Liberty Middle School	93.7
Hamel Elementary School	93.7
Maryville Elementary School	93.7
Columbus Elementary School	93.6
Worden Elementary School	93.6
Triad Middle School	93.6
John A. Renfro Elementary School	93.4
Silver Creek Elementary School	93.3
Lincoln Middle School	93.1
Venice Elementary School	93
Jefferson Elementary School	93
Caseyville Elementary School	92.9
Webster Elementary School	92.9
Triad High School	92.9
Woodland Elementary School	92.7
Meadowbrook Intermediate School	92.7
Midway School	92.7
Summit Elementary School	92.5
Bethalto East Primary School	92.2
Hartford Elementary School	92.1
N.O. Nelson Elementary School	92.1
Twin Echo Elementary School	92.1
Dorris Intermediate School	91.7
Lewis-Clark Elementary School	91.6
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	91.6
Edwardsville High School	91.6
Eastwood Elementary School	91.3
Lewis-Clark Junior High School	91.2
Roxana Senior High School	91.1
Highland High School	91.1
Collinsville Middle School	91
East Alton-Wood River High School	90.8
East Alton Middle School	90.3
Collinsville High School	89.8
Civic Memorial High School	89.5
Madison Junior High School	88.9
Lewis and Clark Elementary School	88.7
Lovejoy Elementary School	88.7
North Elementary School	88.7
East Elementary School	88.5
Frohardt Elementary School	88.4
Wilson Elementary School	88.3
West Elementary School	88.1
Coolidge Junior High School	87.7
Eunice Smith Elementary School	87
Gilson Brown Elementary School	87
Alton Middle School	86.9
Bernard Long Elementary School	86.8
Maryville Elementary School	86.1
Grigsby Intermediate School	85.7
Mitchell Elementary School	85.2
Alton High School	84.5
Granite City High School	82.6
Madison Senior High School	82.1
Prather Elementary School	75.1