Kane County Reporter

The truancy rate at East High School fell to 27 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 92 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 4,070 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 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	25	15	10
2017	24	19	11
2018	24	18	11
2019	59	30	13
2020	27	15	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	83	90	94
2017	82	90	94
2018	83	91	94
2019	83	91	94
2020	92	95	95