Lake County Gazette

The truancy rate at A.J. Katzenmaier Academy rose to 40 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The North Chicago SD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 43 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 398 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	11	17	9
2016	14	25	10
2017	24	34	11
2018	22	31	11
2019	40	43	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	92	94
2016	94	92	94
2017	94	92	94
2018	94	91	94
2019	93	90	94