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Kankakee High School reports 35% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Kankakee High School fell to 35 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 89 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Kankakee SD 111 saw a chronic truancy rate of 24 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 1,243 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Kankakee High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
43
21
9
89
93
95
2015
44
20
9
92
94
94
2016
49
24
10
89
93
94
2017
46
24
11
90
93
94
2018
35
24
11
89
92
94

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