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Prospect High School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Prospect High School rose to two 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 2,081 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.

Prospect High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160110
20170111
20180.3111
20191313
20202510

Prospect High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949294
2017959394
2018949294
2019969694
2020979695

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