The schools average daily attendance rate was 89 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The J S Morton HSD 201 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 3,539 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
J. Sterling Morton West High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
19
21
9
90
90
95
2015
13
16
9
90
90
94
2016
7
16
10
90
91
94
2017
10
17
11
89
90
94
2018
9
17
11
89
90
94
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