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Joliet Central High School reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Joliet Central High School rose to 17 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Joliet Twp HSD 204 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 3,116 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Joliet Central High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
15
10
10
92
93
94
2014
15
11
9
92
92
95
2015
19
14
9
91
92
94
2016
14
10
10
91
92
94
2017
17
13
11
90
90
94

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