South Cook News

The truancy rate at Bloom Trail High School fell to 27 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 Bloom Twp HSD 206 saw a chronic truancy rate of 27 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,180 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.

Year	School	District	State
2016	25	27	10
2017	23	21	11
2018	23	27	11
2019	44	45	13
2020	27	27	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	87	88	94
2017	90	90	94
2018	88	89	94
2019	89	89	94
2020	93	94	95