The schools average daily attendance rate was 90 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 3,485 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 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 East High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
30
21
9
87
90
95
2015
23
16
9
89
90
94
2016
29
16
10
91
91
94
2017
28
17
11
89
90
94
2018
26
17
11
90
90
94
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