West Cook News

The truancy rate at Irving Middle School fell to 30 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 592 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2017	14	10	11
2018	12	8	11
2019	39	21	13
2020	30	14	10

Year	School	District	State
2017	93	94	94
2018	92	94	94
2019	94	94	94
2020	94	96	95