Central
20 Illinois Districts Cut Chronic Absenteeism Four Years in a Row
Twenty Illinois districts lowered their chronic absenteeism rate in each of the four annual updates from 2020-21 through 2024-25. Among the 785 districts with complete data for that span, 765 did not....
97% of Illinois Districts Have Not Recovered to Pre-COVID Attendance Levels
Of 822 Illinois districts with comparable attendance data before and after the pandemic, exactly 23 have returned to their pre-COVID chronic absenteeism rates. That is 2.8%. Three years after the 2021...