Will County Gazette

The truancy rate at Richard Ira Jones Middle School fell to two 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Plainfield SD 202 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 898 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	1	2	9
2016	2	3	10
2017	3	4	11
2018	3	8	11
2019	2	7	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	96	95	94
2016	95	94	94
2017	95	93	94
2018	95	93	94
2019	96	93	94