South Cook News

The truancy rate at Maya Angelou Elementary School fell to 22 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Harvey SD 152 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 240 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	15	12	10
2017	30	11	11
2018	24	25	11
2019	42	39	13
2020	22	14	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	92	94	94
2017	92	93	94
2018	92	93	94
2019	93	93	94
2020	94	96	95