Granite City Community Unit School District 9 Principal Ms. Stephanie Cann (2023) | Granite City Community Unit School District 9
Granite City Community Unit School District 9 Principal Ms. Stephanie Cann (2023) | Granite City Community Unit School District 9
There were 38,452 students enrolled in Madison County districts in the 2021-22 school year, of which 7,405 students were absent throughout the year.
The districts located in the county had a dropout rate 5%, which was 1.6% higher than the year before.
Across the county, Madison Community Unit School District 12 suffered the most truancy issues (67.6%) in the 2021-22 school year. Meanwhile, Triad Community Unit School District 2 successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (2.8%).
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 Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madison Community Unit School District 12 | 658 | 67.6% |
| Granite City Community Unit School District 9 | 5,739 | 46.6% |
| Alton Community Unit School District 11 | 5,800 | 38.1% |
| East Alton School District 13 | 739 | 24.2% |
| Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8 | 2,390 | 19.2% |
| Venice Community Unit School District 3 | 80 | 17.2% |
| Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 | 6,035 | 16.3% |
| East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 | 561 | 14.7% |
| Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15 | 594 | 13.4% |
| Roxana Community Unit School District 1 | 1,727 | 13.2% |
| Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 | 7,328 | 5.4% |
| Highland Community Unit School District 5 | 2,820 | 3.4% |
| Triad Community Unit School District 2 | 3,981 | 2.8% |
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