South Cook News

The truancy rate at Wilson Elementary School stayed flat at 0 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 City SD 155 saw a chronic truancy rate of 0 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 367 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	24	16	10
2017	19	18	11
2018	23	14	11
2019	0	0	13
2020	0	0	10

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