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.
The truancy rate at Glenbard South High School stayed flat at eight percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Glenbard South High School rose to eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 95.1 percent of teachers stay at Glenbard South High School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
Of the 1,164 students attending Glenbard South High School in 2019, 47.3 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 49.4 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 Glenbard South High School, where the four-year graduation rate was 92 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
When Cedra Crenshaw got wind of Glenbard School District 87 accommodating transgender bathrooms last year, she immediately jumped into action, attending school board meetings in an attempt to bring awareness to the district that it should protect all students and not cater to only one group.
About 94 percent of ninth graders in 2019 were “on track” to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 92 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
In a year when 95 percent of Glenbard South High School seniors graduated on time, 31 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
About 94 percent of ninth graders in 2018 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.
More than 96.2 percent of teachers stay at Glenbard South High School year to year, according to the 2018 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Glenbard South High School rose to 3 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
About 94 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 93 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
The truancy rate at Glenbard South High School stayed flat at 1 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.