Lake County Gazette

The truancy rate at Round Lake Senior High School fell to 20 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 Round Lake CUSD 116 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 2,206 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	20	11	10
2017	26	14	11
2018	22	14	11
2019	27	19	13
2020	20	13	10

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