The schools average daily attendance rate was 80 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 41 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 883 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 80 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
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
2018
58
41
11
80
87
94
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