The Illinois State Board of Education has released their 2026 Illinois Report Card and some of the results are encouraging.
According to the report card Illinois’ four-year graduation rate is 89.8%. That number represents a record high for the state.
Since 2012, the state’s graduation rate has increased by more than nine percentage points and has now surpassed Illinois’ Every Student Succeeds Act target of 88.9%, a milestone reached four years ahead of schedule.
Chronic absenteeism declined for the fourth consecutive year to 23.5%
