Decatur SD 61

Illinois · 15 schools · 7,974 students

23.0%
Chronic Absence %
14.2%
Peer Benchmark
Rank #784
Priority: 21/100
125,436
Recoverable Days
8.7 pts
Gap to Peers
26.3pp
Subgroup Disparity
15
Schools

Explanation

This school's chronic absenteeism rate is 23.0%, but peers in similar contexts achieve 14.2%. Closing this 8.7% gap across 7,974 students would recover approximately 125,436 attendance days per year.

Subgroup disparity score of 26.3% indicates meaningful differences in chronic absenteeism across student demographics.

Priority Score Breakdown

Trend Over Time

Schools in this District

Rank School Enrollment CA Rate Recoverable Days
530 Eisenhower High School 934 73.8% 106,853
4873 Hope Academy 563 47.8% 36,023
7807 South Shores Elem School 328 60.7% 27,023
9866 Stephen Decatur Middle School 459 42.7% 22,970
17705 Robertson Charter School 329 34.3% 14,167
18567 Montessori Academy for Peace 697 20.9% 13,469
28679 American Dreamer STEM Academy 391 25.6% 7,514
62992 Dennis Lab School 551 5.1% 0
62993 Franklin Grove Elem School 458 0.2% 0
62994 Muffley Elem School 368 0.5% 0
62995 MacArthur High School 1,105 1.5% 0
62996 Michael E Baum Elem School 297 4.4% 0
62997 Parsons Elementary School 462 3.7% 0
62998 Johns Hill Magnet School 643 0.5% 0