South Cook News

The truancy rate at Bloom High School fell to 27 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five 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 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,562 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	28	27	10
2017	19	21	11
2018	30	27	11
2019	46	45	13
2020	27	27	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	88	88	94
2017	91	90	94
2018	90	89	94
2019	90	89	94
2020	94	94	95