In Will County schools, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Schools among Will County had the 31st highest truancy rate of 14.4% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
When first-grade teacher Jenna Riccio found out one of her students needed emergency surgery in September 2019, she decided to visit him at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center as he recovered. .