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Thornridge High School reports 28% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Thornridge High School rose to 28 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Thornton Twp HSD 205 saw a chronic truancy rate of 26 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,038 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Thornridge High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016211310
2017232011
2018192011
20192113
2020282610

Thornridge High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016909294
2017799094
2018858894
2019959494
2020939395

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