Kankakee Times

The truancy rate at Bradley Central Middle School fell to five percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Bradley SD 61 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 447 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 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	10	8	10
2017	12	23	11
2018	30	21	11
2019	13	14	13
2020	5	7	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	95	94
2017	94	94	94
2018	95	94	94
2019	95	95	94
2020	97	96	95