South Cook News

The truancy rate at Martin L. King Elementary School rose to 0.2 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 W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 361 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	46	28	10
2017	8	8	11
2018	4	5	11
2019	0	0	13
2020	0.2	8	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	95	94
2017	93	94	94
2018	91	93	94
2019	93	92	94
2020	94	95	95