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Bloom Trail High School reports 44% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Bloom Trail High School rose to 44 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 Bloom Twp HSD 206 saw a chronic truancy rate of 45 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,225 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.

Bloom Trail High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015889
2016252710
2017232111
2018232711
2019444513

Bloom Trail High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015888794
2016878894
2017909094
2018888994
2019898994

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