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New Tech High - Zion-Benton East reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at New Tech High - Zion-Benton East fell to 6 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126 saw a chronic truancy rate of 3 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 327 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

New Tech High - Zion-Benton East chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
2
4
10
93
93
94
2014
6
4
9
95
92
95
2015
6
4
9
95
92
94
2016
10
7
10
94
92
94
2017
6
3
11
94
91
94

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