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Thompson Junior High School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Thompson Junior High School fell to six percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Kendall County Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The CUSD 308 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 836 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Thompson Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015349
20166410
20175511
2018121011
20196613

Thompson Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016949594
2017959594
2018959694
2019959594

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