The schools average daily attendance rate was 87 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Cahokia CUSD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 27 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 927 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Cahokia High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
53
27
10
87
91
94
2014
28
24
9
89
91
95
2015
36
19
9
87
91
94
2016
35
22
10
92
92
94
2017
38
27
11
87
90
94
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