Illinois Valley Times

The truancy rate at Ottawa Township High School fell to five percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Ottawa Twp HSD 140 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,188 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 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	3	3	10
2017	5	5	11
2018	6	6	11
2019	8	8	13
2020	5	5	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	91	91	94
2017	91	91	94
2018	90	90	94
2019	91	91	94
2020	93	93	95