South Cook News

The truancy rate at Rich East Campus High School fell to 23 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Rich Twp HSD 227 saw a chronic truancy rate of 25 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 807 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 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	3	3	10
2017	3	8	11
2018	3	7	11
2019	39	40	13
2020	23	25	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	84	84	94
2017	84	83	94
2018	88	88	94
2019	89	89	94
2020	92	92	95