West Cook News

The truancy rate at J. Sterling Morton West High School fell to 13 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 J S Morton HSD 201 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 3,522 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
2016	7	16	10
2017	10	17	11
2018	9	17	11
2019	20	25	13
2020	13	18	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	90	91	94
2017	89	90	94
2018	89	90	94
2019	92	92	94
2020	94	94	95