Will County Gazette

The truancy rate at Balmoral Elementary School fell to 20 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Crete Monee CUSD 201u saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 457 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 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	11	7	9
2016	14	15	10
2017	16	17	11
2018	23	15	11
2019	20	20	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	92	94
2016	94	93	94
2017	93	94	94
2018	93	92	94
2019	93	92	94