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Vernon Hills High School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Vernon Hills High School rose to two percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Lake County Gazette 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 CHSD 128 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,459 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Vernon Hills High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.20.19
20160.20.410
20171111
20181111
20192113

Vernon Hills High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017959594
2018959594
2019969694

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