Kankakee Times

The truancy rate at Kankakee High School rose to 55 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 87 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 1,256 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 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	44	20	9
2016	49	24	10
2017	46	24	11
2018	35	24	11
2019	55	40	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	92	94	94
2016	89	93	94
2017	90	93	94
2018	89	92	94
2019	87	91	94