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Southwestern High School reports 8% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Oct 9, 2021

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The truancy rate at Southwestern High School rose to eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Education Daily Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Southwestern CUSD 9 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 471 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Southwestern High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015329
20162210
20172411
20183311
20198613

Southwestern High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959694
2016969694
2017969594
2018959594
2019959594

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