Southwood Middle School reports 25% truancy rate

The truancy rate at Southwood Middle School fell to 25 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Education Daily Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Country Club Hills SD 160 saw a chronic truancy rate of 38 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 501 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.