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Maine South High School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Maine South High School rose to four 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 Maine Township HSD 207 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 2,375 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.

Maine South High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20164410
20176611
20185811
201931213
202041110

Maine South High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949494
2017939394
2018919294
2019949394
2020959395

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