The schools average daily attendance rate was 91 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Maine Township HSD 207 saw a chronic truancy rate of 8 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 2,397 students in the 2017-18 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 94 percent.
Maine South High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
14
8
9
95
95
95
2015
4
4
9
94
95
94
2016
4
4
10
94
94
94
2017
6
6
11
93
93
94
2018
5
8
11
91
92
94
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