Rockford Sun

The truancy rate at Harlem High School fell to 25 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Rockford Sun 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 Harlem Ud 122 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,938 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	12	6	10
2017	16	8	11
2018	11	7	11
2019	40	23	13
2020	25	14	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	92	94	94
2017	91	93	94
2018	89	93	94
2019	89	93	94
2020	92	94	95