Whiteside Middle School reports 14% truancy rate

The truancy rate at Whiteside Middle School rose to 14 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Whiteside SD 115 saw a chronic truancy rate of 15 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 537 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.