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Bloom High School reports 30% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Bloom High School rose to 30 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Bloom Twp HSD 206 saw a chronic truancy rate of 27 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 1,681 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Bloom High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
28
25
9
87
87
95
2015
9
8
9
87
87
94
2016
28
27
10
88
88
94
2017
19
21
11
91
90
94
2018
30
27
11
90
89
94

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