The schools average daily attendance rate was 86 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Thornton Twp HSD 205 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 1,738 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 86 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Thornton Township High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
20
17
9
93
93
95
2015
23
20
9
94
94
94
2016
12
13
10
93
92
94
2017
26
20
11
93
90
94
2018
26
20
11
86
88
94
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