Will County Gazette

The truancy rate at Joliet West High School rose to 25 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Joliet Twp HSD 204 saw a chronic truancy rate of 35 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 3,291 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 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	14	9
2016	6	10	10
2017	9	13	11
2018	11	16	11
2019	25	35	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	92	92	94
2016	92	92	94
2017	91	90	94
2018	91	90	94
2019	91	89	94