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Bloom High School reports 46% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Bloom High School rose to 46 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 90 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 1,642 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Bloom High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015989
2016282710
2017192111
2018302711
2019464513

Bloom High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015878794
2016888894
2017919094
2018908994
2019908994

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