South Cook News

The truancy rate at Burr Oak Academy rose to one 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 Calumet Public SD 132 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 318 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	25	15	10
2017	14	11	11
2018	16	9	11
2019	0	0.1	13
2020	1	3	10

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