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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

East High School reports 24% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at East High School stayed flat at 24 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 83 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Aurora East USD 131 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 3,904 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 83 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

East High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
22
16
9
87
92
95
2015
27
17
9
83
90
94
2016
25
15
10
83
90
94
2017
24
19
11
82
90
94
2018
24
18
11
83
91
94

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