Dupage Policy Journal

The truancy rate at Bartlett High School fell to 18 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 89 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 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 2,399 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	10	9	10
2017	10	12	11
2018	13	14	11
2019	24	20	13
2020	18	14	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	94	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	92	93	94
2020	89	93	95