South Cook News

The truancy rate at Wentworth Intermediate School stayed flat at 0 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Calumet City SD 155 saw a chronic truancy rate of 0 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 332 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	19	16	10
2017	23	18	11
2018	8	14	11
2019	0	0	13
2020	0	0	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	94	94
2017	95	94	94
2018	95	94	94
2019	93	93	94
2020	95	95	95