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Thornwood High School reports 0.4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Thornwood High School fell to 0.4 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Thornton Twp HSD 205 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,780 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Thornwood High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201515209
2016101310
2017132011
2018142011
20190.4113

Thornwood High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016929294
2017939094
2018918894
2019959494

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