The graduation rate is unchanged compared to the previous year, when 77.8% of students graduated within four years.
Decatur School District 61 has the 203rd highest four-year graduation rate in the state.
The average four-year graduation rate is 87.3% in Illinois.
2022 had the highest graduate rate in Illinois in 12 years. This is a bounceback from heavily decreased graduation rates in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Decatur School District 61 Four-Year Graduation Rate Compared to Other School Districts
| District | 4-Year Graduation Rate | Difference From State Average |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Community Unit School District 1 | 100% | 12.7% |
| Southland College Prep Charter High School | 99.1% | 11.8% |
| Teutopolis Community Unit School District 50 | 98.8% | 11.5% |
| Illinois State University Laboratory Schools | 98.7% | 11.4% |
| New Trier Township High School District 203 | 98.5% | 11.2% |
| Monticello Community Unit School District 25 | 98.4% | 11.1% |
| Lake Forest Community High School District 115 | 98.1% | 10.8% |
| LeRoy Community Unit School District 2 | 98% | 10.7% |
| Brimfield Community Unit School District 309 | 97.9% | 10.6% |
| Oregon Community Unit School District 220 | 97.8% | 10.5% |
| River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 | 97.4% | 10.1% |
| Tri-Valley Community Unit School District 3 | 97.3% | 10% |
| Tuscola Community Unit School District 301 | 97.2% | 9.9% |
| Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District 399 | 97.1% | 9.8% |
| Alwood Community Unit School District 225 | 97% | 9.7% |
| Westmont Community Unit School District 201 | 96.9% | 9.6% |
| Century Community Unit School District 100 | 96.8% | 9.5% |
| Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 | 96.5% | 9.2% |
| Hamilton Community Consolidated School District 328 | 96.4% | 9.1% |
| Community High School District 155 | 96.3% | 9% |
| Central Community Unit School District 301 | 96.2% | 8.9% |
| Freeburg Community High School District 77 | 96.1% | 8.8% |
| Community Unit School District 300 | 95.9% | 8.6% |
| Columbia Community Unit School District 4 | 95.8% | 8.5% |
| Oswego Community Unit School District 308 | 95.7% | 8.4% |
| Byron Community Unit School District 226 | 95.6% | 8.3% |
| Annawan Community Unit School District 226 | 95.5% | 8.2% |
| Community Unit School District 200 | 95.3% | 8% |
| Herscher Community Unit School District 2 | 95.2% | 7.9% |
| Lake Park Community High School District 108 | 95.1% | 7.8% |
| County of Woodford School | 95% | 7.7% |
| Coal City Community Unit School District 1 | 94.9% | 7.6% |
| Indian Prairie School District 204 | 94.8% | 7.5% |
| Barrington Community Unit School District 220 | 94.7% | 7.4% |
| Midland Community Unit School District 7 | 94.6% | 7.3% |
| Antioch Community High School District 117 | 94.5% | 7.2% |
| Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 | 94.3% | 7% |
| Evanston Township High School District 202 | 94.2% | 6.9% |
| Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10 | 94% | 6.7% |
| Kaneland Community Unit School District 302 | 93.9% | 6.6% |
| Community High School District 99 | 93.8% | 6.5% |
| Oak Park and River Forest District 200 | 93.7% | 6.4% |
| Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 | 93.6% | 6.3% |
| Consolidated High School District 230 | 93.5% | 6.2% |
| Neoga Community Unit School District 3 | 93.4% | 6.1% |
| Cambridge Community Unit School District 227 | 93.3% | 6% |
| Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 | 93.2% | 5.9% |
| Morton Community Unit School District 709 | 93.1% | 5.8% |
| Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park | 93% | 5.7% |
| Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 | 92.9% | 5.6% |
| Lockport Township High School District 205 | 92.8% | 5.5% |
| Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100 | 92.7% | 5.4% |
| Highland Community Unit School District 5 | 92.6% | 5.3% |
| Amboy Community Unit School District 272 | 92.5% | 5.2% |
| Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8 | 92.4% | 5.1% |
| Sherrard Community Unit School District 200 | 92.3% | 5% |
| Elmhurst School District 205 | 92.2% | 4.9% |
| Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 | 92.1% | 4.8% |
| St. Anne Community High School District 302 | 92% | 4.7% |
| O'Fallon Township High School District 203 | 91.9% | 4.6% |
| Eldorado Community Unit School District 4 | 91.8% | 4.5% |
| Orangeville Community Unit School District 203 | 91.7% | 4.4% |
| Central Community High School District 71 | 91.6% | 4.3% |
| Hinsdale Township High School District 86 | 91.4% | 4.1% |
| Stockton Community Unit School District 206 | 91.3% | 4% |
| A-C Central Community Unit School District 262 | 91.2% | 3.9% |
| West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 | 91.1% | 3.8% |
| Belleville Township High School District 201 | 91% | 3.7% |
| Bond County Community Unit School District 2 | 90.9% | 3.6% |
| Tolono Community Unit School District 7 | 90.8% | 3.5% |
| Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 | 90.7% | 3.4% |
| Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U | 90.6% | 3.3% |
| Herrin Community Unit School District 4 | 90.5% | 3.2% |
| Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60 | 90.2% | 2.9% |
| Franklin Community Unit School District 1 | 90% | 2.7% |
| Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321 | 89.9% | 2.6% |
| Fenton Community High School District 100 | 89.8% | 2.5% |
| Ashton Franklin Center Community Unit School District 275 | 89.7% | 2.4% |
| Orion Community Unit School District 223 | 89.6% | 2.3% |
| Egyptian Community Unit School District 5 | 89.5% | 2.2% |
| Chester Community Unit School District 139 | 89.4% | 2.1% |
| Beecher City Community Unit School District 20 | 89.3% | 2% |
| Arthur Community Unit School District 305 | 89.2% | 1.9% |
| Lewistown Community Unit School District 97 | 89.1% | 1.8% |
| Olympia Community Unit School District 16 | 89% | 1.7% |
| Astoria Community Unit School District 1 | 88.9% | 1.6% |
| Argo Community High School District 217 | 88.8% | 1.5% |
| ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 | 88.7% | 1.4% |
| Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 | 88.5% | 1.2% |
| Salem Community High School District 600 | 88.3% | 1% |
| Hartsburg Emden Community Unit School District 21 | 88.2% | 0.9% |
| Flanagan-Cornell District 74 | 88.1% | 0.8% |
| Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 | 88% | 0.7% |
| Hononegah Community High School District 207 | 87.9% | 0.6% |
| Sterling Community Unit School District 5 | 87.8% | 0.5% |
| Moline-Coal Valley School District 40 | 87.7% | 0.4% |
| East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 | 87.6% | 0.3% |
| Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 | 87.5% | 0.2% |
| Effingham Community Unit School District 40 | 87.4% | 0.1% |
| Carrollton Community Unit School District 1 | 87.3% | 0% |
| Milford Area Public Schools District 124 | 87.2% | -0.1% |
| Lena Winslow Community Unit School District 202 | 87.1% | -0.2% |
| Rockridge Community Unit School District 300 | 87% | -0.3% |
| Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 | 86.9% | -0.4% |
| Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1 | 86.7% | -0.6% |
| Aurora East Unit School District 131 | 86.6% | -0.7% |
| Mendota Township High School District 280 | 86.5% | -0.8% |
| Northwestern Community Unit School District 2 | 86.4% | -0.9% |
| Illini Central Community Unit School District 189 | 86.3% | -1% |
| Bremen Community High School District 228 | 86.2% | -1.1% |
| Staunton Community Unit School District 6 | 85.9% | -1.4% |
| Marengo Community High School District 154 | 85.8% | -1.5% |
| Coulterville Unit School District 1 | 85.7% | -1.6% |
| School District U-46 | 85.5% | -1.8% |
| South Beloit Community Unit School District 320 | 85.3% | -2% |
| Hall High School District 502 | 85.2% | -2.1% |
| Cobden School Unit District 17 | 85.1% | -2.2% |
| Trico Community Unit School District 176 | 84.9% | -2.4% |
| Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9 | 84.7% | -2.6% |
| Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5 | 84.6% | -2.7% |
| Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District 73 | 84.5% | -2.8% |
| Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 | 84.4% | -2.9% |
| United Community School District 304 | 84.3% | -3% |
| East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119 | 84.2% | -3.1% |
| East Peoria Community High School District 309 | 84% | -3.3% |
| Argenta-Oreana Community Unit School District 1 | 83.8% | -3.5% |
| Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 | 83.7% | -3.6% |
| Camp Point Community Unit School District 3 | 83.6% | -3.7% |
| Illini West High School District 307 | 83.5% | -3.8% |
| Macomb Community Unit School District 185 | 83.4% | -3.9% |
| Heritage Community Unit School District 8 | 83.3% | -4% |
| Chicago Public School District 299 | 83.2% | -4.1% |
| Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 | 83.1% | -4.2% |
| Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 | 83% | -4.3% |
| Hardin County Community Unit School District 1 | 82.9% | -4.4% |
| Riverton Community Unit School District 14 | 82.8% | -4.5% |
| North Greene Unit School District 3 | 82.7% | -4.6% |
| Rantoul Township High School District 193 | 82.6% | -4.7% |
| J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 | 82.5% | -4.8% |
| Odin Public School District 722 | 82.4% | -4.9% |
| Momence Community Unit School District 1 | 82.3% | -5% |
| Leyden Community High School District 212 | 82.2% | -5.1% |
| Havana Community Unit School District 126 | 81.7% | -5.6% |
| Stewardson-Strasburg Community Unit School District 5A | 81.6% | -5.7% |
| St. Elmo Community Unit School District 202 | 81.5% | -5.8% |
| Harlem Unit School District 122 | 81.4% | -5.9% |
| Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 | 81.1% | -6.2% |
| Monmouth-Roseville Community Unit School District 238 | 80.8% | -6.5% |
| LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 | 80.7% | -6.6% |
| West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 | 80.6% | -6.7% |
| Carbondale Community High School District 165 | 80.5% | -6.8% |
| Clinton Community Unit School District 15 | 80.4% | -6.9% |
| Casey Westfield Community Unit School District 4C | 80.3% | -7% |
| Peoria School District 150 | 80.2% | -7.1% |
| Bloomington School District 87 | 80.1% | -7.2% |
| Cairo Unit School District 1 | 80% | -7.3% |
| Sparta Community Unit School District 140 | 79.5% | -7.8% |
| Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 | 79.4% | -7.9% |
| Streator Township High School District 40 | 79% | -8.3% |
| Edinburg Community Unit School District 4 | 78.9% | -8.4% |
| Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6 | 78.8% | -8.5% |
| Rock Island School District 41 | 78.7% | -8.6% |
| Bement Community Unit School District 5 | 78.6% | -8.7% |
| Lawrence County Community Unit School District 20 | 78.4% | -8.9% |
| Pawnee Community Unit School District 11 | 78.3% | -9% |
| Champaign Community Unit School District 4 | 78.2% | -9.1% |
| Illini Bluffs Community Unit School District 327 | 78% | -9.3% |
| Flora Community Unit School District 35 | 77.9% | -9.4% |
| Marion Community Unit School District 2 | 77.7% | -9.6% |
| Ottawa Township High School District 140 | 77.6% | -9.7% |
| Carlinville Community Unit School District 1 | 77.5% | -9.8% |
| Fairfield Community High School District 225 | 77.4% | -9.9% |
| Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 | 77.2% | -10.1% |
| Southwestern Community Unit School District 9 | 77.1% | -10.2% |
| Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265 | 76.9% | -10.4% |
| Knoxville Community Unit School District 202 | 76.7% | -10.6% |
| Marshall Community Unit School District 2C | 76.5% | -10.8% |
| Freeport School District 145 | 76.4% | -10.9% |
| Oakland Community Unit School District 5 | 76.2% | -11.1% |
| North Mac Community Unit School District 34 | 76.1% | -11.2% |
| Martinsville Community Unit School District 3C | 76% | -11.3% |
| Porta Community Unit School District 202 | 75.9% | -11.4% |
| Galatia Community Unit School District 1 | 75.8% | -11.5% |
| New Athens Community Unit School District 60 | 75.7% | -11.6% |
| Thornton Township High School District 205 | 75.6% | -11.7% |
| Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 | 75.2% | -12.1% |
| Oblong Community Unit School District 4 | 75% | -12.3% |
| Limestone Community High School District 310 | 74.9% | -12.4% |
| Granite City Community Unit School District 9 | 74.1% | -13.2% |
| Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 | 74% | -13.3% |
| Lowpoint Washburn Community Unit School District 21 | 73.7% | -13.6% |
| DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 | 73.5% | -13.8% |
| Jacksonville School District 117 | 73.3% | -14% |
| Alden Hebron School District 19 | 72.7% | -14.6% |
| Alton Community Unit School District 11 | 72.3% | -15% |
| Oakwood Community Unit School District 76 | 72.2% | -15.1% |
| North Clay Community Unit School District 25 | 72.1% | -15.2% |
| Harvard Community Unit School District 50 | 71.9% | -15.4% |
| Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3 | 71.4% | -15.9% |
| East St. Louis School District 189 | 71.1% | -16.2% |
| North Wayne Community Unit School District 200 | 70.8% | -16.5% |
| Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 | 69.9% | -17.4% |
| Decatur School District 61 | 69.8% | -17.5% |
| Galva Community Unit School District 224 | 69.2% | -18.1% |
| Elverado Community Unit School District 196 | 69% | -18.3% |
| Springfield School District 186 | 68.6% | -18.7% |
| Brown County Community Unit School District 1 | 68.3% | -19% |
| Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 | 67.5% | -19.8% |
| Zeigler-Royalton Community Unit School District 188 | 67.3% | -20% |
| Meridian Community Unit School District 101 | 66% | -21.3% |
| Rockford School District 205 | 65.6% | -21.7% |
| Frankfort Community Unit School District 168 | 65.4% | -21.9% |
| Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 | 65.2% | -22.1% |
| Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 | 65% | -22.3% |
| Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11 | 61.5% | -25.8% |
| Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 | 61.4% | -25.9% |
| Kankakee School District 111 | 61% | -26.3% |
| IDJJ School District 428 | 60.6% | -26.7% |
| ACE Amandla Charter School | 46.2% | -41.1% |
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