Dupage Policy Journal

The truancy rate at Bartlett High School rose to 24 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The SD U-46 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 2,417 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	7	6	9
2016	10	9	10
2017	10	12	11
2018	13	14	11
2019	24	20	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	94	94
2016	94	94	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	92	93	94