Lake County Gazette

The truancy rate at Thomas Jefferson Middle School fell to 17 percent during the 2019-20 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 Waukegan CUSD 60 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 865 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	22	18	10
2017	30	25	11
2018	23	24	11
2019	32	38	13
2020	17	21	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	90	94	94
2017	91	92	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	93	91	94
2020	96	94	95