Antioch Upper Grade School reports 2% truancy rate

Antioch Upper Grade School reports 2% truancy rate
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The truancy rate at Antioch Upper Grade School stayed flat at 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Antioch CCSD 34 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 995 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.

Antioch Upper Grade School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year School District State
2015 3 2 9
2016 3 2 10
2017 3 2 11
2018 2 2 11
2019 2 2 13
Antioch Upper Grade School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
Year School District State
2015 95 95 94
2016 95 95 94
2017 95 95 94
2018 95 95 94
2019 95 95 94


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