South Cook News

The truancy rate at Veterans Memorial Middle School fell to eight 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 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Cook County SD 130 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 380 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 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	7	8	10
2017	30	13	11
2018	7	13	11
2019	13	17	13
2020	8	8	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	96	95	94
2017	96	95	94
2018	96	95	94
2019	95	95	94
2020	97	97	95