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Highlands Middle School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Highlands Middle School rose to three 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Lagrange Highlands SD 106 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 378 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Highlands Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Highlands Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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