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Forest Park Middle School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Forest Park Middle School rose to 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a West Cook News 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 Forest Park SD 91 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 193 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.

Forest Park Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20160210
20170011
20180011
201918913

Forest Park Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949594
2017959494
2018959494
2019949494

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