Lester Elementary School Principal Ms. Katie Novosel (2023) | Lester Elementary School
Lester Elementary School Principal Ms. Katie Novosel (2023) | Lester Elementary School
There were 143,128 students enrolled in DuPage County in the 2021-22 school year, meaning 9,077 students were absent throughout the year.
The dropout rate in the county was 1.4%, 0.3% higher than the year before.
Statewide, Hardin County schools suffered the most truancy issues (38.4%) in the 2021-22 school year. Meanwhile, Monroe County schools successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (3.1%).
Students are generally considered chronically truant if they miss 5% or more of the total number of school days in a year without acceptable excuses.
In 2022, Illinois had more than 1.9 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools across 852 school districts. There were more than 350,000 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 years (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.
DuPage County Chronic Truancy Rates Over 2 Years
DuPage County Chronic Truancy Rates by School in 2021-22 School Cycle
| Schools | No. of students enrolled | Chronic truancy rates |
|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School | 541 | 8.3% |
| Addison Early Learning Center | 154 | - |
| Addison Trail High School | 1,906 | 23.7% |
| Americana Intermediate School | 421 | 3.6% |
| Ann Reid Early Childhood Center | 349 | - |
| Anne M. Jeans Elementary School | 238 | 29.3% |
| Arbor View Elementary School | 319 | 5.8% |
| Ardmore Elementary School | 238 | 6.9% |
| Ardmore Elementary School | 453 | 5.7% |
| Arlene Welch Elementary School | 550 | 2.1% |
| Army Trail Elementary School | 294 | 18.6% |
| Beebe Elementary School | 590 | - |
| Belle Aire Elementary School | 232 | - |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | 556 | 2.5% |
| Benjamin Middle School | 261 | - |
| Black Hawk Elementary School | 393 | - |
| Blackhawk Middle School | 643 | 27.8% |
| Bower Elementary School | 436 | - |
| Briar Glen Elementary School | 494 | 7.2% |
| Brook Forest Elementary School | 243 | - |
| Brookdale Elementary School | 497 | 3.5% |
| Bryan Middle School | 695 | - |
| Burr Ridge Middle School | 207 | 25.9% |
| Butler Junior High School | 197 | - |
| Butterfield Elementary School | 267 | 11.1% |
| C.E. Miller Elementary School | 197 | 15.5% |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School | 382 | - |
| Carol Stream Elementary School | 272 | - |
| Cass Junior High School | 324 | 3.9% |
| Churchill Elementary School | 646 | 15.9% |
| Churchville Middle School | 435 | 7.6% |
| Clarendon Hills Middle School | 531 | - |
| Clifford Crone Middle School | 844 | - |
| Clifford Johnson School | 452 | 3% |
| Cloverdale Elementary School | 550 | 3.2% |
| Community Consolidated School District 93 | 168 | - |
| Community High School | 1,982 | 20.4% |
| Concord Elementary School | 467 | - |
| Conrad Fischer Elementary School | 545 | 11.4% |
| Currier Elementary School | 365 | 5% |
| Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School | 619 | - |
| Downers Grove North High School | 2,126 | 9% |
| Downers Grove South High School | 2,682 | 16.6% |
| Dujardin Elementary School | 369 | 6.9% |
| Early Childhood Education Center | 84 | - |
| Early Learning Center | 86 | - |
| Edgewood Elementary School | 355 | 11.3% |
| Edison Elementary School | 516 | - |
| Edison Middle School | 654 | 1.6% |
| Eisenhower Junior High School | 451 | 8.1% |
| El Sierra Elementary School | 258 | - |
| Elizabeth Ide Elementary School | 385 | - |
| Ellsworth Elementary School | 236 | - |
| Elm Elementary School | 314 | - |
| Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School | 303 | 7.4% |
| Elmwood Elementary School | 670 | - |
| Elsie C. Johnson Elementary School | 345 | 5.1% |
| Emerson Elementary School | 256 | - |
| Emerson Elementary School | 428 | - |
| Erickson Elementary School | 490 | 9.3% |
| Evergreen Elementary School | 352 | - |
| F.E. Peacock Middle School | 355 | 5.4% |
| Fairmount Elementary School | 317 | - |
| Fenton High School | 1,397 | 30.7% |
| Field Elementary School | 383 | - |
| Fischer Middle School | 798 | 4.9% |
| Forest Glen Elementary School | 631 | 3.8% |
| Francis Granger Middle School | 1,034 | 4.7% |
| Franklin Middle School | 590 | 3.1% |
| Fry Elementary School | 616 | - |
| Fullerton Elementary School | 451 | 15.6% |
| G. Stanley Hall Elementary School | 319 | - |
| Gary Elementary School | 496 | 4.3% |
| Georgetown Elementary School | 460 | 4.7% |
| Glen Crest Middle School | 693 | 8.4% |
| Glen Hill Primary School | 404 | 5.4% |
| Glenbard East High School | 2,222 | 16.1% |
| Glenbard North High School | 2,175 | 8.9% |
| Glenbard South High School | 1,094 | 10% |
| Glenbard West High School | 2,297 | 7.1% |
| Glenn Westlake Middle School | 934 | 8.8% |
| Glenside Middle School | 773 | 4.4% |
| Goodrich Elementary School | 392 | 9.1% |
| Gordon Gregory Middle School | 715 | - |
| Gower Middle School | 378 | - |
| Gower West Elementary School | 540 | - |
| Greenbrook Elementary School | 475 | 29.8% |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School | 554 | - |
| Hadley Junior High School | 1,103 | 10.6% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School | 629 | - |
| Hawthorne Elementary School | 174 | - |
| Henry Puffer School | 358 | - |
| Heritage Lakes Elementary School | 314 | - |
| Herrick Middle School | 640 | 1.9% |
| Highland Elementary School | 370 | - |
| Highlands Elementary School | 494 | - |
| Hillcrest Elementary School | 347 | - |
| Hinsdale Central High School | 2,490 | 8.7% |
| Hinsdale Middle School | 738 | - |
| Hinsdale South High School | 1,299 | 18.8% |
| Holmes Elementary School | 467 | 10% |
| Hubble Middle School | 700 | 5.6% |
| Indian Knoll Elementary School | 270 | - |
| Indian Trail Elementary School | 350 | - |
| Indian Trail Junior High School | 1,261 | 14.1% |
| J.T. Manning Elementary School | 400 | 8.1% |
| Jackson Elementary School | 441 | 2.9% |
| Jackson Middle School | 665 | 9.1% |
| Jay Stream Middle School | 538 | 4.5% |
| Jefferson Early Childhood Center | 226 | - |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 383 | - |
| Jefferson Junior High School | 813 | 4.1% |
| Jefferson Middle School | 413 | 21.6% |
| John E. Albright Middle School | 212 | 8.4% |
| John L. Sipley Elementary School | 347 | 9% |
| John Schroder Early Childhood Center | 119 | - |
| Kennedy Junior High School | 981 | - |
| Kingsley Elementary School | 360 | - |
| Kingsley Elementary School | 436 | - |
| Lace Elementary School | 384 | 5.6% |
| Lake Park Elementary School | 238 | 10.8% |
| Lake Park High School | 2,527 | 8.1% |
| Lakeview Junior High School | 347 | 3.6% |
| Leman Middle School | 1,146 | 10.2% |
| Lester Elementary School | 518 | - |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 315 | 14.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 438 | - |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 86 | - |
| Lincoln Junior High School | 740 | - |
| Lisle Elementary School | 722 | 2.5% |
| Lisle High School | 389 | 10.6% |
| Lisle Junior High School | 323 | 3% |
| Longfellow Elementary School | 330 | - |
| Longwood Elementary School | 369 | 3.7% |
| Lowell Elementary School | 258 | - |
| Madison Early Childhood Center | 257 | - |
| Madison Elementary School | 405 | - |
| Madison Elementary School | 407 | - |
| Madison Elementary School | 481 | 6.8% |
| Madison Junior High School | 597 | - |
| Maercker Elementary School | 398 | 12% |
| Manor Hill Elementary School | 266 | 9.5% |
| Maplebrook Elementary School | 518 | - |
| Mark DeLay School | 442 | 7.2% |
| Marquardt Middle School | 846 | - |
| Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary School | 590 | - |
| May Watts Elementary School | 569 | - |
| McCarty Elementary School | 499 | 2.5% |
| Meadow Glens Elementary School | 480 | - |
| Meadowview Elementary School | 367 | 4.6% |
| Medinah Intermediate School | 206 | - |
| Medinah Middle School | 204 | - |
| Medinah Primary School | 246 | - |
| Metea Valley High School | 2,935 | 4.7% |
| Mill Street Elementary School | 586 | 2.2% |
| Monroe Elementary School | 313 | - |
| Monroe Middle School | 697 | 7.3% |
| Nancy Young Elementary School | 602 | 1.8% |
| Naper Elementary School | 229 | - |
| Naperville Central High School | 2,576 | 2.6% |
| Naperville North High School | 2,635 | 4.7% |
| Neuqua Valley High School | 3,324 | 2.1% |
| North Elementary School | 367 | 14.2% |
| O'Neill Middle School | 420 | - |
| Oak Elementary School | 369 | - |
| Oakbrook Elementary School | 254 | 9.7% |
| Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School | 432 | - |
| Owen Elementary School | 506 | - |
| Park View Elementary School | 223 | 5.4% |
| Park View Elementary School | 412 | 7.4% |
| Patterson Elementary School | 490 | - |
| Peter M. Gombert Elementary School | 334 | - |
| Pierce Downer Elementary School | 343 | - |
| Pioneer Elementary School | 296 | 9.8% |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School | 551 | - |
| Pleasant Lane Elementary School | 245 | 6.8% |
| Prairie Children Preschool | 513 | - |
| Prairie Elementary School | 496 | - |
| Prairieview Elementary School | 352 | - |
| Prospect Elementary School | 338 | - |
| Queen Bee School | 65 | - |
| Ranch View Elementary School | 563 | - |
| Raymond Benson Primary School | 342 | 8.4% |
| Reba O. Steck Elementary School | 637 | - |
| Reskin Elementary School | 384 | - |
| River Woods Elementary School | 486 | - |
| Robert Clow Elementary School | 369 | - |
| Roselle Middle School | 233 | - |
| Roy De Shane Elementary School | 251 | - |
| Salt Creek Elementary School | 131 | - |
| Sandburg Middle School | 623 | 3.5% |
| Schafer Elementary School | 433 | 11.8% |
| Scott Elementary School | 432 | - |
| Scullen Middle School | 1,020 | 1.9% |
| South School | 49 | - |
| Spring Brook Elementary School | 566 | - |
| Spring Hills Elementary School | 433 | 2.6% |
| Spring Wood Middle School | 456 | 19.8% |
| Steeple Run Elementary School | 603 | - |
| Stella May Swartz Elementary School | 142 | 10.7% |
| Stevenson School | 200 | 18.9% |
| Still Middle School | 748 | 1.7% |
| Stone Elementary School | 431 | 5.8% |
| Stratford Middle School | 554 | 6% |
| Thayer J. Hill Middle School | 839 | 3.2% |
| The Lane Elementary School | 323 | - |
| Thomas Jefferson Junior High School | 610 | 13.8% |
| Tioga Elementary School | 693 | 20.5% |
| Trinity School | 72 | - |
| Turner Elementary School | 285 | 4.1% |
| V. Blanche Graham Elementary School | 287 | - |
| Walker School | 331 | - |
| Washington Elementary School | 371 | - |
| Washington Junior High School | 554 | - |
| Waterbury Elementary School | 394 | 10% |
| Waubonsie Valley High School | 2,447 | 8.7% |
| Wayne Builta Elementary School | 282 | - |
| Wegner Elementary School | 349 | 3.8% |
| Wesley A. Johnson School | 640 | 21.3% |
| Wesley Elementary School | 179 | 8.4% |
| West Chicago D33 ELC Winfield Primary Annex | 103 | - |
| Western Trails Elementary School | 257 | 4.7% |
| Westfield Elementary School | 310 | 6.6% |
| Westfield Middle School | 495 | 2.5% |
| Westmont High School | 380 | 10.1% |
| Westmont Junior High School | 280 | 9% |
| Westmore Elementary School | 381 | 3.7% |
| Westview Elementary School | 252 | 11.4% |
| Westview Hills Middle School | 442 | 8.5% |
| Wheaton North High School | 1,914 | 5.6% |
| Wheaton Warrenville South High School | 1,824 | 5.1% |
| White Eagle Elementary School | 526 | 2.5% |
| Whittier Elementary School | 289 | - |
| Whittier Elementary School | 415 | - |
| Wiesbrook Elementary School | 475 | - |
| William F. Murphy Elementary School | 360 | 6.7% |
| William Hammerschmidt Elementary School | 392 | 4.5% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School | 308 | 9% |
| Willowbrook High School | 1,870 | 13.7% |
| Winfield Central School | 214 | - |
| Winfield Primary School | 110 | - |
| Winnebago Elementary School | 397 | - |
| Wood Dale Junior High School | 314 | 15% |
| York Center Elementary School | 203 | 9% |
| York Community High School | 2,743 | 10% |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Jackson Elementary School• Winnebago Elementary School• Scott Elementary School• Clifford Crone Middle School• Walker School• Oak Elementary School• Wesley A. Johnson School• Trinity School• Wheaton Warrenville South High School• Kingsley Elementary School• Metea Valley High School• Queen Bee School• Fairmount Elementary School• Erickson Elementary School• Wegner Elementary School• Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School• Manor Hill Elementary School• Edison Elementary School• Emerson Elementary School• Willow Creek Elementary School• Tioga Elementary School• Elizabeth Ide Elementary School• Mccarty Elementary School• Monroe Elementary School• Meadow Glens Elementary School• Downers Grove South High School• Heritage Lakes Elementary School• Kingsley Elementary School• White Eagle Elementary School• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School• Reskin Elementary School• Naperville Central High School• Gower West Elementary School• John L. Sipley Elementary School• Robert Clow Elementary School• Westview Hills Middle School• Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School• Churchville Middle School• Ardmore Elementary School• Salt Creek Elementary School• Madison Elementary School• Clarendon Hills Middle School• Franklin Middle School• Prairie Elementary School• Winfield Primary School• Prairieview Elementary School• North Elementary School• Medinah Middle School• Roy De Shane Elementary School• Gower Middle School• F.e. Peacock Middle School• Carl Sandburg Elementary School• York Center Elementary School• Ranch View Elementary School• Herrick Middle School• Willowbrook High School• O'Neill Middle School• Carol Stream Elementary School• Butler Junior High School• Arlene Welch Elementary School• Mark Delay School• Stone Elementary School• Still Middle School• Pleasant Hill Elementary School• Lowell Elementary School• Eisenhower Junior High School• William F. Murphy Elementary School• Stratford Middle School• Hadley Junior High School• Longfellow Elementary School• Westfield Elementary School• Ellsworth Elementary School• Belle Aire Elem School Beginning Band• Edgewood Elementary School• Community Consolidated School District 93 Board• Westfield Middle School• Holmes Elementary School• Medinah Primary School• Early Childhood Education Center• Burr Ridge Middle School• Hillcrest Elementary School• Blackhawk Middle School• Washington Elementary School• El Sierra Elementary School Downers Grove Children's Choir• Mill Street Elementary School• Glenbard North High School• Abraham Lincoln Elementary School• Western Trails Elementary School• Army Trail Elementary School• Anne M. Jeans Elementary School• Cloverdale Elementary School• Madison Elementary School• Madison Junior High School• Westmore Elementary School• Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School• Roselle Middle School• Kennedy Junior High School• Glen Crest Middle School• Waterbury Elementary School• Pioneer Elementary School• Hawthorne Elementary School• Spring Brook Elementary School• Lakeview Junior High School• Washington Junior High School• Hinsdale South High School• Beebe Elementary School• Maplebrook Elementary School• Greenbrook Elementary School• Elmwood Elementary School• Lester Elementary School• Jefferson Middle School• Glenbard East High School• Benjamin Middle School• Meadowview Elementary School• Madison Early Childhood Center• Downers Grove North High School• John Schroder Early Childhood Center• Naper Elementary School• Westmont Junior High School• V. Blanche Graham Elementary School• York Community High School• The Lane Elementary School• Indian Trail Junior High School• Hinsdale Central High School• Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School• Field Elementary School• Gordon Gregory Middle School• Glenn Westlake Middle School• Madison Elementary School• Emerson Elementary School• Patterson Elementary School• Raymond Benson Primary School• Fenton High School• Ann Reid Early Childhood Center• Conrad Fischer Elementary School• Wiesbrook Elementary School• Pierce Downer Elementary School• Black Hawk Elementary School• Brookdale Elementary School• Stevenson School• Brook Forest Elementary School• Glenbard West High School• Lisle Elementary School• May Watts Elementary School• Elsie C. Johnson Elementary School• Wesley Elementary School• Naperville North High School• Lake Park High School• Churchill Elementary School Enl• Westmont High School• Currier Elementary School• Scullen Middle School• Glenbard South High School• Park View Elementary School• Indian Knoll Elementary School• Lincoln Elementary School• John E Albright Middle School• Stella May Swartz Elementary School• Jefferson Jr High School• Briar Glen Elementary School• River Woods Elementary School• Goodrich Elementary School• Wood Dale Junior High School• Francis Granger Middle School• Turner Elementary School• Elm Elementary School• Georgetown Elementary School• Wayne Builta Elementary School• Thayer J. Hill Middle School• Gary Elementary School• Forest Glen Elementary School• Jackson Middle School• Lisle Junior High School• Indian Trail Elementary School• Oakbrook Elementary School• Reba O. Steck Elementary School• Lace Elementary School• Peter M. Gombert Elementary School• Cass Jr High School• Waubonsie Valley High School• Westview Elementary School• Lincoln Elementary School• South School• Jay Stream Middle School• Sandburg Middle School• Lake Park Elementary School• Lincoln Junior High School• Jefferson Early Childhood Center• Ardmore Elementary School Administration• Addison Early Learning Center• Hubble Middle School• Whittier Elementary School• Owen Elementary School• J.t. Manning Elementary School• Concord Elementary School• Highland Elementary School• Fischer Middle School• Butterfield Elementary School• Wheaton North High School• Prospect Elementary School• Arbor View Elementary School• Winfield Central School• Schafer Elementary School• Pleasant Lane Elementary School• Monroe Middle School• Maercker School District 60• Glen Hill Primary School• Leman Middle School• Americana Intermediate School• Highlands Elementary School• Hawthorne Elementary School - Elmhurst• Neuqua Valley High School• Fullerton Elementary School• Longwood Elementary School• Community High School• Nancy Young Elementary School• Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary School• Henry Puffer School• Spring Hills Elementary School• Prairie Children Preschool• Clifford Johnson School• Park View Elementary School• Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School• Bryan Middle School• West Chicago D33 ELC Winfield Primary Annex• Edison Middle School• Evergreen Elementary School• G. Stanley Hall Elementary School• Early Learning Center• Steeple Run Elementary School• C. E. Miller Elementary School• Marquardt Middle School• Spring Wood Middle School• Hinsdale Middle School• Thomas Jefferson Junior High School• Bower Elementary School• Fry Elementary School• Glenside Middle School• Whittier Elementary School• Jefferson Elementary School• Medinah Intermediate School• Lincoln Elementary School• Dujardin Elementary School• Addison Trail High School• Lisle High School
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