South Cook News

The truancy rate at Spaulding School stayed flat at 0 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Midlothian SD 143 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 95 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	0	0.1	10
2017	0	0.4	11
2018	0	0.2	11
2019	0	2	13
2020	0	1	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	93	91	94
2017	93	90	94
2018	93	94	94
2019	93	95	94
2020	96	96	95