Kankakee Times

The truancy rate at Kankakee Junior High School rose to 57 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Kankakee SD 111 saw a chronic truancy rate of 40 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 700 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 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	23	20	9
2016	25	24	10
2017	25	24	11
2018	33	24	11
2019	57	40	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	92	94	94
2016	93	93	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	91	92	94
2019	92	91	94