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Highland Park High School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Highland Park High School rose to eight 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Twp HSD 113 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,978 students in the 2018-19 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.

Highland Park High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.10.19
20160.30.210
20170.30.211
201800.111
20198513

Highland Park High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919294
2016969694
2017959694
2018959694
2019949594

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