South Cook News

The truancy rate at Michelle Obama School of Technology and the ARTS fell to seven 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Park Forest SD 163 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 532 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 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	6	3	10
2017	6	4	11
2018	1	1	11
2019	26	39	13
2020	7	17	10

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