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Rickover Junior High School reports 28% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Rickover Junior High School fell to 28 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The CCSD 168 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 424 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Rickover Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
1
12
9
93
93
95
2015
28
24
9
93
93
94
2016
8
11
10
91
92
94
2017
30
17
11
89
92
94
2018
28
17
11
92
92
94

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