Schools across McHenry County had 71st highest truancy rate during 2021-2022 school year

By McHenry Times

May 28, 2023

Schools among McHenry County had the 71st highest truancy rate of 6.5% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Cary Junior High School had the highest truancy rate among 72 schools in McHenry County - 41.4%, while Johnsburg Elementary School had the highest attendance rate - 95.5%.

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 McHenry County schools enrolled 42,398 students in the 2021-2022 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92.9% 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.

Chronic truancy rates in McHenry County during 2021-2022 school year

School	Chronic truancy rates (%)
Cary Junior High School	41.4
Deer Path Elementary School	35.6
Harvard High School	24.7
Three Oaks School	17.5
Locust Elementary School	12.4
Huntley High School	12.3
Woodstock High School	11.7
Woodstock North High School	11.6
Marengo Community Middle School	11
Prairie Grove Junior High School	11
Harrison Elementary School	10.8
Johnsburg High School	10.7
Creekside Middle School	9.9
McHenry Middle School	9.9
Marengo High School	9.8
Crystal Lake Central High School	9.7
Ulysses S. Grant Intermediate School	9.6
Briargate Elementary School	9.6
Westwood Elementary School	9.1
Crosby Elementary School	8.8
Riley Community Consolidated School	8.2
Marlowe Middle School	7.1
Crystal Lake South High School	6.8
Mary Endres Elementary School	6.1
Cary-Grove Community High School	5.8
Olson Elementary School	5.7
Prairie Grove Elementary School	5.7
Canterbury Elementary School	5.6
Richmond-Burton High School	5.2
Dean Street Elementary School	4.5
Ringwood School Primary Center	4.3
Prairiewood Elementary School	4.1
Johnsburg Junior High School	3.5
Johnsburg Elementary School	3.4
Prairie Ridge High School	3.3
Jefferson Elementary School	3.2
Richmond Grade School	2.9
Heineman Middle School	2.4
Martin Elementary School	2.4
Harvard Junior High School	2.3
Northwood Middle School	2.1
North Elementary School	2
Richard F. Bernotas Middle School	2
Riverwood Elementary School	2
Lundahl Middle School	1.8
Hannah Beardsley Middle School	1.8
Parkland School	1.5
Leggee Elementary School	1.4

Daily attendance rates in McHenry County during 2021-2022 school year

School	Daily attendance rate (%)
Johnsburg Elementary School	95.5
Alden-Hebron Elementary School	95.4
Alden-Hebron Middle School	95.3
Landmark Elementary School	95.2
Alden-Hebron High School	94.9
Conley Elementary School	94.8
Spring Grove Elementary School	94.7
Fox River Grove Middle School	94.7
Ringwood School Primary Center	94.5
Woods Creek Elementary School	94.5
Johnsburg Junior High School	94.5
Martin Elementary School	94.5
Leggee Elementary School	94.4
Jefferson Elementary School	94.3
Harrison Elementary School	94.2
Glacier Ridge Elementary School	94.2
Chesak Elementary School	94.1
Northwood Middle School	94.1
Prairie Ridge High School	94.1
Algonquin Road Elementary School	94.1
Cary-Grove Community High School	94
Ulysses S. Grant Intermediate School	94
Riley Community Consolidated School	93.9
Heineman Middle School	93.9
Marengo Community Middle School	93.9
Mackeben Elementary School	93.7
South Elementary School	93.7
Riverwood Elementary School	93.7
Crystal Lake South High School	93.6
Hilltop Elementary School	93.6
Husmann Elementary School	93.6
Briargate Elementary School	93.5
Johnsburg High School	93.5
Chauncey H. Duker School	93.4
Parkland School	93.4
Indian Prairie Elementary School	93.3
West Elementary School	93.3
Canterbury Elementary School	93.2
Greenwood Elementary School	93.2
Harvard Junior High School	93.1
Marlowe Middle School	93.1
Mary Endres Elementary School	93.1
North Elementary School	93.1
Lundahl Middle School	93
Prairiewood Elementary School	93
Cary Junior High School	92.9
Deer Path Elementary School	92.9
Crosby Elementary School	92.8
Creekside Middle School	92.7
Valley View Elementary School	92.7
Olson Elementary School	92.7
Prairie Grove Elementary School	92.7
Westwood Elementary School	92.6
Locust Elementary School	92.5
McHenry Middle School	92.5
Richard F. Bernotas Middle School	92.5
Prairie Grove Junior High School	92.4
Coventry Elementary School	92.2
Crystal Lake Central High School	92.2
Richmond Grade School	92.2
Dean Street Elementary School	92.2
Edgebrook Elementary School	92.2
Three Oaks School	92.1
Richmond-Burton High School	91.9
Nippersink Middle School	91.8
Hannah Beardsley Middle School	91.7
Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center	90.9
Woodstock North High School	90.8
Marengo High School	90.8
Huntley High School	90.7
Harvard High School	90.5
Woodstock High School	89.9