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Thornton Township High School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Thornton Township High School fell to one 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 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 1,649 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.

Thornton Township High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201523209
2016121310
2017262011
2018262011
20191113

Thornton Township High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016939294
2017939094
2018868894
2019939494

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