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Thornton Fractnl No High School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Thornton Fractnl No High School rose to 11 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 Fractional Twp HSD 215 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,312 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.

Thornton Fractnl No High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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20164410
20172311
20183311
201911713

Thornton Fractnl No High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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2016929494
2017949594
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2019959594

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