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Memorial Junior High School reports 40% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Memorial Junior High School rose to 40 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 Lansing SD 158 saw a chronic truancy rate of 25 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 917 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.

Memorial Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Memorial Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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