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Independence Junior High School reports 0% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Independence Junior High School fell to 0 percent during the 2018-19 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 Palos Heights SD 128 saw a chronic truancy rate of 0 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 236 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Independence Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015429
20168310
20177211
20186811
20190013

Independence Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969694
2017959594
2018969594
2019959594

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