Lake County Gazette

The truancy rate at Zion-Benton Township High School fell to 21 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126 saw a chronic truancy rate of 19 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 2,149 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	7	7	10
2017	2	3	11
2018	26	23	11
2019	32	29	13
2020	21	19	10

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