Will County Gazette

The truancy rate at Bernard J. Ward Elementary School rose to 21 percent during the 2019-20 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 Valley View CUSD 365u saw a chronic truancy rate of 22 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 373 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	13	14	10
2017	7	11	11
2018	10	11	11
2019	14	10	13
2020	21	22	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	94	94
2017	95	93	94
2018	94	93	94
2019	95	94	94
2020	93	93	95