South Cook News

The truancy rate at Thornton Township High School rose to 35 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 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 1,569 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	12	13	10
2017	26	20	11
2018	26	20	11
2019	1	1	13
2020	35	26	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	93	92	94
2017	93	90	94
2018	86	88	94
2019	93	94	94
2020	91	93	95