South Cook News

The truancy rate at Whittier Elementary School fell to 10 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 Cook County SD 130 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 190 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	8	10
2017	29	13	11
2018	0	13	11
2019	23	17	13
2020	10	8	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	96	95	94
2017	95	95	94
2018	96	95	94
2019	95	95	94
2020	96	97	95