Kankakee Times

The truancy rate at Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center rose to 17 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Bourbonnais SD 53 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 558 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	5	6	9
2016	6	6	10
2017	3	4	11
2018	3	3	11
2019	17	13	13

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