Will County Gazette

The truancy rate at Crete-Monee High School rose to 31 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 90 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 1,432 students in the 2018-19 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.

Year	School	District	State
2015	9	7	9
2016	32	15	10
2017	30	17	11
2018	23	15	11
2019	31	20	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	86	92	94
2016	90	93	94
2017	90	94	94
2018	90	92	94
2019	90	92	94