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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Thayer J. Hill Middle School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Thayer J. Hill Middle School fell to three percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Indian Prairie CUSD 204 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 878 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Thayer J. Hill Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015219
201640.410
20174111
20184111
20193113

Thayer J. Hill Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016969694
2017929694
2018969694
2019969694

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