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Brooks Middle School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Brooks Middle School rose to 11 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 Valley View CUSD 365u saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,140 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.

Brooks Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201511159
2016101410
20170.11111
20180.11111
2019111013

Brooks Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959394
2016959494
2017959394
2018949394
2019959494

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