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Proviso East High School reports 66% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Proviso East High School rose to 66 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 82 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Proviso Twp HSD 209 saw a chronic truancy rate of 46 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,660 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 82 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Proviso East High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201530219
2016292110
2017282011
2018322011
2019664613

Proviso East High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015798394
2016778294
2017798394
2018768294
2019828694

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