Rockford Sun

Schools among Winnebago County had the second highest truancy rate of 36.5% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Lewis Lemon Elementary School had the highest truancy rate among 75 schools in Winnebago County - 80.4%, while Maple Elementary School had the highest attendance rate - 99.9%.

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 Winnebago County schools enrolled 40,157 students in the 2021-2022 school year, and average daily attendance was at 86.8% 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 (%)
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	80.4
Kennedy Middle School	80.2
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	71.7
Jackson Charter School	69.6
Constance Lane Elementary School	68
Ellis Elementary School	67.9
Riverdahl Elementary School	67.7
McIntosh Elementary School	67
West Middle School	63.8
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	63.4
Conklin Elementary School	59.8
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	59.3
Harlem High School	58.8
Washington Elementary School	58.8
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	57.8
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	56
Jefferson High School	55.3
Rockford East High School	53.6
Auburn High School	52
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	49.8
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	49.1
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	48.8
Rolling Green Elementary School	48
West View Elementary School	47.5
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	47.3
Swan Hillman Elementary School	46.3
Guilford High School	43.3
Whitehead Elementary School	43.1
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	40.5
Harlem Middle School	39.4
Eisenhower Middle School	38.2
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	37
Loves Park Elementary School	36.2
Gregory Elementary School	35.8
Cherry Valley Elementary School	33.3
Spring Creek Elementary School	32.8
Haskell Elementary School	31
Machesney Elementary School	28.9
Windsor Elementary School	28.4
Riverview Elementary School	27.7
Brookview Elementary School	25.8
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	25.4
Marquette Elementary School	23.7
South Beloit Junior High School	23.5
Olson Park Elementary School	15.1
Rock Cut Elementary School	14.3
Montessori Elementary School	14.3
Black Hawk Elementary School	11.5
Ralston Elementary School	11
South Beloit Senior High School	9.9
Hononegah High School	9
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	7.9
Winnebago High School	7.6
Thurgood Marshall School	5.7
Kinnikinnick School	4.4
Winnebago Middle School	4.2
Pecatonica High School	4
Prairie Hill Elementary School	3.4
Pecatonica Community Middle School	3.3
Roscoe Middle School	3.1
Stone Creek School	3.1

School	Daily attendance rate (%)
Maple Elementary School	99.9
Durand High School	95.7
Jean McNair Elementary School	94.9
Dorothy Simon Elementary School	94.6
Ralston Elementary School	94.6
Durand Junior High School	94.4
Pecatonica High School	94.4
Winnebago High School	94.3
Winnebago Middle School	94.3
Olson Park Elementary School	93.8
Pecatonica Elementary School	93.8
Pecatonica Community Middle School	93.6
Clark Elementary School	93.5
Hononegah High School	93.3
Durand Elementary School	93.3
Black Hawk Elementary School	93.3
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	93.3
Machesney Elementary School	93.2
Whitman Post Elementary School	93.1
Willowbrook Middle School	92.9
Rockton Elementary School	92.8
Marquette Elementary School	92.8
Prairie Hill Elementary School	92.7
Rock Cut Elementary School	92.5
Thurgood Marshall School	92.4
Kinnikinnick School	92.3
Stephen Mack Middle School	92.2
Ledgewood Elementary School	92.1
Shirland Community Consolidated School	91.9
Roscoe Middle School	91.8
Riverview Elementary School	91.5
Stone Creek School	91.5
South Beloit Junior High School	91
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	90.7
Windsor Elementary School	90.5
Montessori Elementary School	90.4
Loves Park Elementary School	90.1
Harlem Middle School	90.1
Jackson Charter School	89.7
Brookview Elementary School	89
Cherry Valley Elementary School	88.7
South Beloit Senior High School	88.5
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	88.3
Spring Creek Elementary School	88
Haskell Elementary School	88
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	87.2
Whitehead Elementary School	87.1
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	86.6
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	86.6
Gregory Elementary School	86.1
Eisenhower Middle School	86
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	85.3
Swan Hillman Elementary School	85.3
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	85.1
West View Elementary School	84.9
Guilford High School	84.9
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	84.4
Conklin Elementary School	84.2
Rolling Green Elementary School	83.8
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	82.9
Washington Elementary School	82.9
Rockford East High School	82.5
Harlem High School	82.1
Jefferson High School	81.8
Auburn High School	81.6
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	81.5
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	81.5
West Middle School	80.7
Ellis Elementary School	80.4
Constance Lane Elementary School	79.7
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	79.2
McIntosh Elementary School	78.7
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	77.3
Riverdahl Elementary School	75.4
Kennedy Middle School	73.6