South Cook News

The truancy rate at Brooks Middle School fell to two 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 99 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Harvey SD 152 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 606 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 99 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	12	10
2017	5	11	11
2018	29	25	11
2019	35	39	13
2020	2	14	10

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