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Westmont High School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Westmont 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 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 CUSD 201 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 385 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Westmont High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20161110
20172211
20182211
20195513
20203310

Westmont High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016939594
2017939594
2018939594
2019959594
2020969795

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