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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Larkin High School reports 41% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Larkin High School rose to 41 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 88 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The SD U-46 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 2,045 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 88 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Larkin High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151669
201621910
2017271211
2018311411
2019412013

Larkin High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919494
2016899494
2017879394
2018879394
2019889394

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