South Cook News

Schools among Cook County had the fourth highest truancy rate of 31.9% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

YCCS - Association House High School had the highest truancy rate among 1,211 schools in Cook County - 100%, while Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center had the highest attendance rate - 98.8%.

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 Cook County schools enrolled 671,049 students in the 2021-2022 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89.7% 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 (%)
YCCS - Association House High School	100
YCCS - Youth Connection Leadership Academy	99
Raby High School	98.8
YCCS - Olive Harvey Middle College High School	98.7
YCCS Charter - Chatham School	98.6
YCCS - Community Youth Development Institute High School	98.6
YCCS - Truman Middle College High School	98.5
YCCS - Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School	98.3
YCCS - Scholastic Achievement High School	98.1
Clark Academy Preparatory Magnet High School	97.8
YCCS - Austin Career Education Center High School	97.7
YCCS - Latino Youth Alternative High School	97.2
YCCS - West Town Academy Alternative High School	97.2
YCCS - CCA Academy High School	97.1
North Lawndale College Prep - Collins	96.3
Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School	95.2
YCCS - Westside Holistic Leadership Academy	95.1
Noble Street Charter Schools - DRW College Prep	94.4
Simeon Career Academy High School	94.1
Englewood Stem High School	93.1
Collins Academy High School	92.9
YCCS - Jane Addams Alternative High School	92.5
Noble Street Charter Schools - Butler College Prep	92.2
Clemente Community Academy High School	92
Percy L. Julian High School	92
YCCS - Innovations of Arts Integration High School	91.9
Marshall Metropolitan High School	91.3
South Shore International College Preparatory High School	90.4
Phillips Academy High School	90.3
School of Social Justice High School	90.2
YCCS - Aspira Pantoja Alternative High School	90
Legal Prep Academy Charter High School	89.8
Perspectives Charter - IIT Math & Science Academy	89.8
YCCS - Progressive Leadership Academy	89.5
Uplift Community High School	89.4
Fenger Academy High School	89.3
North Lawndale College Prep - Christiana	89.3
Morgan Park High School	89.2
Noble Street Charter Schools - Johnson College Prep	88.4
Perspectives Charter - Rodney D. Joslin Campus	88.2
Spry Community Links High School	87.6
Perspectives High School of Technology & Leadership Academy	87.4
Hyde Park Academy High School	87.2
Austin College And Career Academy High School	87.2
CICS - Longwood Campus	86.6
Harlan Community Academy High School	86.4
Tilden Career Communty Academy High School	86.3
Spencer Technology Academy Elementary School	86.3
Ashe Elementary School	86.3
Bogan High School	86.2
Chicago Collegiate Charter School	86.1
Till Elementary Math and Science Academy	86.1
Manierre Elementary School	85.8
Richards Career Academy	85.5
Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School	85
Noble Street Charter Schools - Rowe-Clark Math & Science Academy	84.8
Burke Elementary School	84.7
Dett Elementary School	84.4
Douglass Academy High School	84.3
Noble Street Charter Schools - Baker College Prep	84.3
John Whistler Elementary School	84.2
Woodson South Elementary School	84.2
Hirsch Metropolitan High School	84.1
Sherman Elementary School	83.9
Farragut Career Academy High School	83.9
Noble Street Charter Schools - Rauner College Prep	83.8
Aspira Charter - Business And Finance High School	83.8
CICS - Bond Campus	83.7
Hope Institute Learning Academy Elementary School	83.3
Richard T. Crane Medical Preparatory High School	83.2
CICS - Ralph Ellison Campus	83
Revere Elementary School	82.7
Corliss High School	82.4
Steinmetz College Prep High School	82.3
Gage Park High School	82.3
Tanner Elementary School	82.1
Bouchet Elementary Math and Science Academy	81.9
Tilton Elementary School	81.9
CICS - Loomis Primary Campus	81.8
Manley Career Academy High School	81.5
Multicultural Arts High School	81.5
Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy	81.3
CICS - Prairie Campus	80.8
Aldridge Elementary School	80.6
Hughes L. Elementary School	80.5
Noble Street Charter Schools - Gary Comer College Prep	80.4
Mollison Elementary School	80.3
Noble Street Charter Schools - Hansberry College Prep	80.2
Ellington Elementary School	80.1
Brownell Elementary School	80
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy	79.8
Bass Elementary School	79.8
Perspectives Charter - High School of Technology	79.8
Noble Street Charter Schools - UIC College Prep	79.7
Kozminski Elementary Community Academy	79.7
Juarez Community Academy High School	79.6
Kelvyn Park High School	79.6
Thornton Township High School	79.5
Hefferan Elementary School	79.4
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center	79.4

School	Daily attendance rate (%)
Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center	98.8
Creative Communications Academy	97.8
Michelle Obama School of Technology and the ARTS	96.9
Millennium Elementary School	96.9
Crow Island Elementary School	96.7
Haines Elementary School	96.7
Brooks Middle School	96.4
Polaris Elementary Charter Academy	96.2
Shabonee School	96.1
Spring Avenue Elementary School	96.1
Greenbriar Elementary School	96.1
Carleton W. Washburne School	96
Central Elementary School	96
Willowbrook Elementary School	96
Plum Grove Junior High School	96
Westmoor Elementary School	95.9
Middlefork Primary School	95.9
James Ward Elementary School	95.8
Field Park Elementary School	95.8
Forest Hills Elementary School	95.8
Springman Middle School	95.7
Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy	95.7
Hoffman Elementary School	95.7
Wood Oaks Junior High School	95.7
Flossmoor Hills Elementary School	95.7
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	95.7
Maple School	95.6
River Valley School	95.6
Glen Grove Elementary School	95.6
Seventh Avenue Elementary School	95.5
Hickory Point Elementary School	95.5
Frank C. Whiteley Elementary School	95.5
Barnsdale Road School	95.5
MacArthur Middle School	95.5
Sunset Ridge Elementary School	95.5
George B. Carpenter Elementary School	95.5
Lincoln Elementary School	95.4
Harper Elementary School	95.4
Robert Healy Elementary School	95.4
Edgebrook Elementary School	95.4
Thomas Dooley Elementary School	95.4
Chicago High School for The Arts	95.3
Lions Park Elementary School	95.3
Franklin Elementary School	95.3
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	95.3
Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School	95.3
Pleasant Ridge Elementary School	95.3
Mount Greenwood Elementary School	95.3
Central School	95.2
Cossitt Ave Elementary School	95.2
Lincoln Prairie School	95.2
Skinner Elementary School	95.2
Romona Elementary School	95.2
Highcrest Middle School	95.2
Horace Mann Elementary School	95.2
John Laidlaw Elementary School	95.2
McKenzie Elementary School	95.2
Northbrook Junior High School	95.2
Pleasantdale Middle School	95.2
Michael Collins Elementary School	95.2
Greenbrier Elementary School	95.2
Lincoln Middle School	95.1
Union Ridge Elementary School	95.1
Wescott Elementary School	95.1
Westgate Elementary School	95.1
Willard Elementary School	95.1
New Trier Township High School Northfield	95.1
Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center	95.1
Olive-Mary Stitt School	95.1
Park View Elementary School	95.1
Adolph Link Elementary School	95.1
Clarence E. Culver School	95
Lindop Elementary School	95
Sheridan Elementary Math and Science Academy	95
Highlands Middle School	95
Dryden Elementary School	95
William Fremd High School	95
Marion Jordan Elementary School	95
McDade Elementary Classical School	95
Emerson Middle School	95
Eugene Field Elementary School	95
Ogden Avenue Elementary School	95
Pleasantdale Elementary School	95
Poe Elementary Classical School	95
Cooper Middle School	94.9
Lincoln Middle School	94.9
Irving Elementary School	94.9
Henry W. Longfellow Elementary School	94.9
Henry Winkelman Elementary School	94.9
Willard Elementary School	94.9
Pennoyer Elementary School	94.9
Anne Sullivan Elementary School	94.9
George Washington Elementary School	94.9
Central Elementary School	94.8
River Trails Middle School	94.8
Highlands Elementary School	94.8
Fairview Elementary School	94.8
Betsy Ross Elementary School	94.8
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School	94.8
Thomas Middle School	94.8