South Cook News

The truancy rate at Washington-McKinley Elementary School rose to 20 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 Chicago Heights SD 170 saw a chronic truancy rate of 15 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 516 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	15	8	10
2017	0	1	11
2018	30	21	11
2019	0	13	13
2020	20	15	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	94	94
2017	95	93	94
2018	95	93	94
2019	99	95	94
2020	96	95	95