Will County Gazette

The truancy rate at Washington Junior High and Academy Prgm rose to 29 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 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 798 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	27	19	9
2016	23	19	10
2017	18	18	11
2018	23	19	11
2019	29	22	13

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