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Wheeling High School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wheeling High School rose to seven 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 Township HSD 214 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,706 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.

Wheeling High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20161110
20171111
20182111
20193313
20207510

Wheeling High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016869294
2017899394
2018929294
2019959694
2020959695

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