South Cook News

The truancy rate at Wolcott School rose to two 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 99 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Thornton SD 154 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 226 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 99 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	10
2017	0	0	11
2018	8	8	11
2019	0	0	13
2020	2	2	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	95	94
2017	95	95	94
2018	96	96	94
2019	99	99	94
2020	99	99	95