South Cook News

The truancy rate at Mae Jemison School fell to 0.3 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Prairie-Hills Esd 144 saw a chronic truancy rate of 0.1 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 436 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 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	0	0.1	10
2017	0	0.2	11
2018	0	5	11
2019	28	28	13
2020	0.3	0.1	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	94	94
2017	94	93	94
2018	96	94	94
2019	93	93	94
2020	93	92	95