South Cook News

The truancy rate at Prairie-Hills Junior High School fell to 0.2 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 91 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 947 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 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	6	5	11
2019	38	28	13
2020	0.2	0.1	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	93	94	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	94	94	94
2019	93	93	94
2020	91	92	95