Lake County Gazette

The truancy rate at Waukegan High School fell to 40 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Waukegan CUSD 60 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 4,522 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 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	19	18	10
2017	29	25	11
2018	35	24	11
2019	63	38	13
2020	40	21	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	93	94	94
2017	90	92	94
2018	90	93	94
2019	86	91	94
2020	91	94	95