Cahokia
The Metro East Attendance Emergency: Five Districts Above 50%
On the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, five school districts in St. Clair and Madison counties have chronic absenteeism rates above 50%. This cluster -- Brooklyn UD 188 at 63.6%, Cahokia CUSD ...
East St. Louis Cut Its Chronic Absenteeism Rate as Five Metro East Districts Crossed 50%
In eleven Illinois school districts, a majority of students were chronically absent in 2024-25, meaning more students missed at least 10% of the school year than attended regularly. The threshold itse...