Kane County Reporter

The truancy rate at Jefferson Middle School fell to eight 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 97 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 six percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 699 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 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	23	11	10
2017	28	14	11
2018	18	13	11
2019	11	11	13
2020	8	6	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	93	94	94
2017	93	94	94
2018	94	94	94
2019	95	95	94
2020	97	96	95