Kane County Reporter

The truancy rate at Washington Middle School fell to 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Aurora West USD 129 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 722 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	11	11	9
2016	13	11	10
2017	13	14	11
2018	12	13	11
2019	10	11	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	93	94	94
2016	93	94	94
2017	93	94	94
2018	94	94	94
2019	95	95	94