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Rich East Campus High School reports 39% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Rich East Campus High School rose to 39 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 89 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Rich Twp HSD 227 saw a chronic truancy rate of 40 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 897 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Rich East Campus High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20163310
20173811
20183711
2019394013

Rich East Campus High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015848694
2016848494
2017848394
2018888894
2019898994

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