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Joliet West High School reports 25% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Dec 25, 2021

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The truancy rate at Joliet West High School rose to 25 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Joliet Twp HSD 204 saw a chronic truancy rate of 35 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 3,291 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Joliet West High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20159149
201661010
201791311
2018111611
2019253513

Joliet West High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015929294
2016929294
2017919094
2018919094
2019918994

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