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John Hersey High School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at John Hersey High School stayed flat at one 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 97 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 1,943 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

John Hersey High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160.2110
20170.3111
20180.2111
20191313
20201510

John Hersey High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016919294
2017959394
2018939294
2019969694
2020979695

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