South Cook News

The truancy rate at Rickover Junior High School rose to 14 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The CCSD 168 saw a chronic truancy rate of 19 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 426 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 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	8	11	10
2017	30	17	11
2018	28	17	11
2019	3	22	13
2020	14	19	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	91	92	94
2017	89	92	94
2018	92	92	94
2019	89	91	94
2020	96	96	95