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Mokena Intermediate School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Mokena Intermediate School rose to six 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 Mokena SD 159 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 339 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.

Mokena Intermediate School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015039
201612710
20175511
20182411
20196813

Mokena Intermediate School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969694
2017969694
2018979694
2019969694

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