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Bloomington High School reports 31% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Dec 17, 2021

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The truancy rate at Bloomington High School rose to 31 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 89 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Bloomington SD 87 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,491 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Bloomington High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015589
20168910
20177811
20186811
2019311813

Bloomington High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919394
2016919394
2017919394
2018919394
2019899294

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