Kankakee Times

The truancy rate at John Kennedy Middle Grade School rose to 32 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 94 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 571 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	15	20	9
2016	17	24	10
2017	16	24	11
2018	21	24	11
2019	32	40	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	95	94	94
2016	95	93	94
2017	94	93	94
2018	94	92	94
2019	94	91	94