Kane County Reporter

The truancy rate at East High School rose to 59 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 83 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Aurora East USD 131 saw a chronic truancy rate of 30 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 3,972 students in the 2018-19 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.

Year	School	District	State
2015	27	17	9
2016	25	15	10
2017	24	19	11
2018	24	18	11
2019	59	30	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	83	90	94
2016	83	90	94
2017	82	90	94
2018	83	91	94
2019	83	91	94