Bronzeville Academy Charter School Principal Mr. Alvin Boutte (2023) | Bronzeville Academy Charter School
Bronzeville Academy Charter School Principal Mr. Alvin Boutte (2023) | Bronzeville Academy Charter School
There were 681,774 students enrolled in Cook County districts in the 2021-22 school year, of which 206,904 students were absent throughout the year.
The districts located in the county had a dropout rate 3.7%, which was 1.3% higher than the year before.
Across the county, Bronzeville Academy Charter School suffered the most truancy issues (71.8%) in the 2021-22 school year. Meanwhile, Berkeley School District 87 successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (0.5%).
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 Cook 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.
Truancy vs Attendance Rates in Cook County Over 2 Years
Cook County Districts Chronic Truancy Rates in 2021-22 School Year
| District | No. of students enrolled | Chronic truancy rates |
|---|---|---|
| Bronzeville Academy Charter School | 339 | 71.8% |
| Hazel Crest School District 152-5 | 849 | 70.4% |
| West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147 | 754 | 69.9% |
| Betty Shabazz International Charter School | 558 | 69.3% |
| General George Patton School District 133 | 210 | 69.2% |
| Urban Prep West Charter School | 91 | 68.9% |
| Thornton Township High School District 205 | 4,584 | 68.8% |
| Country Club Hills School District 160 | 1,236 | 66.1% |
| ACE Amandla Charter School | 126 | 66.1% |
| Rich Township High School District 227 | 2,595 | 64.6% |
| Bellwood School District 88 | 2,129 | 58.2% |
| Bloom Township High School District 206 | 2,888 | 57.7% |
| South Holland School District 151 | 1,512 | 53.6% |
| Chicago Public School District 299 | 327,338 | 52% |
| Sandridge School District 172 | 359 | 50.7% |
| Calumet Public School District 132 | 959 | 50.5% |
| Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park | 863 | 48.6% |
| Proviso Township High School District 209 | 4,415 | 47.1% |
| Chicago Heights School District 170 | 2,654 | 47.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School District 156 | 779 | 46.6% |
| Burnham School District 154-5 | 166 | 45% |
| Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 | 836 | 43.2% |
| Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 | 4,258 | 39.7% |
| South Holland School District 150 | 808 | 38.9% |
| Harvey School District 152 | 1,647 | 37.3% |
| J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 | 7,890 | 36.6% |
| Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 | 2,582 | 35.5% |
| Elementary School District 159 | 1,661 | 35% |
| Horizon Science Acad-Belmont | 555 | 34.6% |
| Park Forest School District 163 | 1,480 | 34.6% |
| Calumet City School District 155 | 958 | 30.8% |
| Cicero School District 99 | 9,228 | 29.5% |
| Dolton School District 149 | 2,242 | 28% |
| Cook County School District 130 | 3,023 | 27.8% |
| Community Consolidated School District 168 | 1,262 | 26.4% |
| Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65 | 6,661 | 25.9% |
| Berwyn North School District 98 | 2,504 | 25% |
| Community High School District 218 | 5,341 | 23.8% |
| Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 | 3,238 | 23.1% |
| Maine Township High School District 207 | 6,199 | 21.9% |
| Flossmoor School District 161 | 2,267 | 21.8% |
| Forest Park School District 91 | 700 | 21.3% |
| River Grove School District 85-5 | 668 | 19.9% |
| Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 | 1,814 | 18.8% |
| East Maine School District 63 | 3,458 | 17.6% |
| Steger School District 194 | 1,438 | 17.5% |
| Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 | 2,720 | 17.4% |
| Evanston Township High School District 202 | 3,653 | 17.1% |
| Township High School District 214 | 11,907 | 16.3% |
| Lyons School District 103 | 2,121 | 16.3% |
| Reavis Township High School District 220 | 1,983 | 16% |
| Berwyn South School District 100 | 3,103 | 15.9% |
| Homewood School District 153 | 1,892 | 15.8% |
| Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 | 1,796 | 15.4% |
| Argo Community High School District 217 | 1,886 | 15% |
| Oak Park and River Forest District 200 | 3,329 | 14.8% |
| Community Consolidated School District 59 | 5,808 | 14.2% |
| Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 11,080 | 13.7% |
| Burbank School District 111 | 3,232 | 13.5% |
| Skokie School District 69 | 1,733 | 13.2% |
| Leyden Community High School District 212 | 3,392 | 12.7% |
| Arbor Park School District 145 | 1,087 | 12.5% |
| Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 | 1,625 | 12.4% |
| Indian Springs School District 109 | 2,413 | 12.4% |
| Niles Township Community High School District 219 | 4,556 | 12% |
| Westchester School District 92-5 | 1,014 | 11.9% |
| Central Stickney School District 110 | 315 | 11.8% |
| Willow Springs School District 108 | 357 | 11.7% |
| Morton Grove School District 70 | 854 | 11.2% |
| Atwood Heights School District 125 | 574 | 10.6% |
| Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62 | 4,213 | 10.6% |
| Hillside School District 93 | 407 | 10.3% |
| Ridgeland School District 122 | 2,300 | 8.7% |
| North Palos School District 117 | 3,360 | 8.6% |
| Skokie School District 73-5 | 1,044 | 8.5% |
| River Trails School District 26 | 1,499 | 7.9% |
| Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 | 2,788 | 7.5% |
| Orland School District 135 | 5,149 | 7.2% |
| Evergreen Park Community High School District 231 | 933 | 7% |
| West Northfield School District 31 | 907 | 6.9% |
| Community Consolidated School District 146 | 2,307 | 6.7% |
| Chicago Ridge School District 127-5 | 1,375 | 6.5% |
| Kirby School District 140 | 3,487 | 5.8% |
| Forest Ridge School District 142 | 1,473 | 5.7% |
| Kenilworth School District 38 | 464 | 5.5% |
| Township High School District 211 | 11,981 | 5.5% |
| Southland College Prep Charter High School | 575 | 5.2% |
| Golf Elementary School District 67 | 684 | 4.9% |
| Summit School District 104 | 1,515 | 4.9% |
| Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 | 3,277 | 4.7% |
| Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A | 2,395 | 4.6% |
| Pleasantdale School District 107 | 820 | 4.1% |
| LaGrange Highlands School District 106 | 982 | 4.1% |
| Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 | 14,957 | 3.7% |
| Ridgewood Community High School District 234 | 784 | 3.6% |
| Winnetka School District 36 | 1,609 | 3.5% |
| New Trier Township High School District 203 | 3,846 | 3.3% |
| Northfield Township High School District 225 | 5,096 | 3.2% |
| Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 | 1,478 | 3% |
| Northbrook Elementary School District 27 | 1,309 | 3% |
| Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64 | 4,563 | 2.9% |
| Lyons Township High School District 204 | 3,919 | 2.7% |
| Skokie School District 68 | 1,645 | 2.7% |
| Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 5,794 | 2.5% |
| Consolidated High School District 230 | 7,644 | 2.4% |
| Oak Park Elementary School District 97 | 5,532 | 2.4% |
| Lemont Township High School District 210 | 1,364 | 2.3% |
| Norridge School District 80 | 1,052 | 2.1% |
| Union Ridge School District 86 | 648 | 2.1% |
| Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 | 4,281 | 1.8% |
| Midlothian School District 143 | 1,561 | 1.6% |
| Dolton School District 148 | 1,894 | 1.5% |
| Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 | 2,017 | 1.2% |
| La Grange School District 105 South | 1,192 | 1% |
| Riverside School District 96 | 1,660 | 0.9% |
| La Grange School District 102 | 2,962 | 0.9% |
| Bremen Community High School District 228 | 5,038 | 0.8% |
| Berkeley School District 87 | 2,312 | 0.5% |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Horizon Science Acad - McKinley Park Charter School• Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 Board• Forest Ridge School District 142• Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157• Park Forest School District 163 Board• Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215• Palos Community Consolidated School District 118• Flossmoor School District 161 Board• Cicero School District 99 Board• Niles Township Community High School District 219 Board• Harvey School District 152 Board• Hillside School District 93 Board• Ridgeland School District 122• Golf Elementary School District 67• Atwood Heights School District 125• Lyons Township High School District 204 Board• Alsip, Hazelgreen, Oak Lawn School District 126• West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147• Evanston Township High School District 202• Proviso Township High School District 209• Oak Park - River Forest School District 200 Board• Burnham School District 154-5• Hazel Crest School District 152-5• Chicago Heights School District 170• Community Consolidated School District 146 Board• Sandridge School District 172• Calumet City School District 155 Board• East Maine School District 63• Winnetka School District 36• Evanston-Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65• Urban Prep West Charter School• Dolton School District 148• Chicago Public School District 299 Board• Berkeley School District 87 Board• Arbor Park School District 145• Pleasantdale School District 107 Board• Bremen Community High School District 228 Board• South Holland School District 150 Board• Dolton School District 149• Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board• Calumet Public School District 132 Board• Riverside Brookfield High School District 208 Board• Community Consolidated School District 168• West Northfield School District 31 Board• Oak Lawn Community High School District 229• Steger School District 194 Board• Homewood School District 153• Elmwood Park Community Unit School District• Burbank School District 111• Rich Township High School District 227• Berwyn North School District 98• Township High School District 214 Board• Norridge School District 80 Board• Elementary School District 159• Community Consolidated School District 62• Kenilworth School District 38 Board• Willow Springs School District 108• Forest Park School District 91• Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89• Township High School District 211• Cook County School District 104• South Holland School District 151 Board• Lincoln Elementary School District 156• Maine Township High School District 207• Kirby School District 140 Board• Schaumburg School District 54• Northbrook Elementary School District 27• Skokie School District 68 Board• Country Club Hills School District 160• Reavis Township High School District 220• Chicago Ridge School District 127-5• Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21• Bloom Township High School District 206 Board• La Grange School District 105 South• J. Sterling Morton High School District 201• Orland School District 135 Board• General George Patton School District 133• Morton Grove School District 70• La Grange Highlands School District 106• Westchester School District 92-5 Board• Union Ridge School District 86• Consolidated High School District 230 Board• Evergreen Park Community High School District 231• Skokie School District 73-5• New Trier Township High School District 203 Board• Lyons School District 103• River Grove School District 85-5• Midlothian School District 143• Northfield Township High School District 225• Horizon Science Academy -Belmont• Bellwood School District 88• Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 Board• Skokie School District 69• Thornton Township High School District 205• Riverside School District 96• Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124• North Palos School District 117 Board• Leyden Community High School District 212• Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144• Community High School District 218• Southland College Prep Charter High School• Lemont Township High School District 210• Indian Springs School District 109 Board• Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 Board• River Trails School District 26• Berwyn South School District 100 Board• Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64 Board
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