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Geo T. Wilkins Junior High School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Geo T. Wilkins Junior High School rose to five 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Indian Springs SD 109 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 550 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Geo T. Wilkins Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015219
20162110
20173111
20182411
20195613

Geo T. Wilkins Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959594
2017949494
2018959494
2019949594

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