Will County Gazette

The truancy rate at Beecher Junior High School rose to 22 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 Beecher CUSD 200u saw a chronic truancy rate of 28 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 237 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.

Year	School	District	State
2015	0.4	6	9
2016	0.4	6	10
2017	1	6	11
2018	14	17	11
2019	22	28	13

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