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Joliet Central High School reports 46% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Dec 26, 2021

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The truancy rate at Joliet Central High School rose to 46 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 88 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 3,275 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 88 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Joliet Central High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201519149
2016141010
2017171311
2018211611
2019463513

Joliet Central High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919294
2016919294
2017909094
2018899094
2019888994

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