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Heritage Middle School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Heritage Middle School rose to six 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Berwyn South SD 100 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 597 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Heritage Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20164310
20172111
20183311
20196413

Heritage Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016969694
2017959594
2018959594
2019959594

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