North Cook News

The truancy rate at Rupley Elementary School fell to eight percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a North Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Comm Cons SD 59 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 347 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 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	4	2	10
2017	4	3	11
2018	3	3	11
2019	11	9	13
2020	8	4	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	95	94
2017	94	95	94
2018	94	95	94
2019	94	95	94
2020	95	96	95