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Hyde Park Elementary School reports 13% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Hyde Park Elementary School rose to 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Waukegan CUSD 60 saw a chronic truancy rate of 38 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 290 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Hyde Park Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Hyde Park Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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