Kankakee Times

The truancy rate at Grant Park High School fell to 13 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Grant Park CUSD 6 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 161 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	1	1	9
2016	2	1	10
2017	2	1	11
2018	15	7	11
2019	13	7	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	94	94
2016	94	95	94
2017	93	94	94
2018	93	94	94
2019	91	93	94