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Wentworth Junior High School reports 0% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wentworth 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 93 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 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 407 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Wentworth Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20157179
201671610
2017121811
2018141411
20190013

Wentworth Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959494
2017959494
2018949494
2019939394

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