Kane County Reporter

The truancy rate at Nicholas A. Hermes Elementary School fell to seven percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 96 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 15 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 595 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 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	8	15	10
2017	12	19	11
2018	11	18	11
2019	16	30	13
2020	7	15	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	90	94
2017	95	90	94
2018	95	91	94
2019	96	91	94
2020	96	95	95