Truancy is a persistent issue in many schools across the United States, with some students regularly skipping classes and falling behind in their studies.
In DuPage County schools, 22,445 Asian students were enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Schools among DuPage County had the 72nd highest truancy rate of 6.4% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
More than 5 in 10 DuPage County public high school students aren't at grade level in English.
More than 5 in 10 DuPage County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.
The truancy rate at Community HS District 99 - North High School stayed flat at five percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Community HS District 99 - North High School fell to three percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 97.4 percent of teachers stay at Community High School District 99 - North High School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
Of the 2,147 students attending Community HS District 99 - North High School in 2019, 55.8 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 61.9 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
About 99 percent of ninth graders in 2020 were "on track" to graduate at Community HS District 99 - North High School, where the four-year graduation rate was 94 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the two years after 96 percent of Comm H. S. Dist 99 - North High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 23 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
About 97 percent of ninth graders in 2019 were “on track” to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 95 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the two years after 97% of Downers Grove North High School's class of 2017 graduated on time, 23 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
In the two years after 95% of Downers Grove North High School's class of 2016 graduated on time, 19 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
Athletes in Action tracks players with ties to communities within the Dupage Policy Journal coverage area as they compete at the collegiate level. The following football players will compete during the week of Nov. 12 to Nov. 18.