West Cook News

The truancy rate at Proviso East High School fell to three 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 80 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 34 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,616 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 80 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
2016	29	21	10
2017	28	20	11
2018	32	20	11
2019	66	46	13
2020	3	34	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	77	82	94
2017	79	83	94
2018	76	82	94
2019	82	86	94
2020	80	83	95