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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Wilmington High School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wilmington High School rose to five percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Will County Gazette 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 Wilmington CUSD 209u saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 419 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Wilmington High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Wilmington High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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