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J. Sterling Morton Freshman Center reports 18% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Dec 16, 2021

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The truancy rate at J. Sterling Morton Freshman Center rose to 18 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 J S Morton HSD 201 saw a chronic truancy rate of 25 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,242 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.

J. Sterling Morton Freshman Center chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20153169
2016101610
201741711
2018141711
2019182513

J. Sterling Morton Freshman Center daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959094
2016959194
2017969094
2018949094
2019949294

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