Will County Gazette

The truancy rate at Hufford Junior High School rose to 19 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Joliet PSD 86 saw a chronic truancy rate of 22 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,185 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	19	19	9
2016	15	19	10
2017	15	18	11
2018	15	19	11
2019	19	22	13

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