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Wayne Thomas Elementary School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wayne Thomas Elementary School fell to five 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The North Shore SD 112 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 324 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Wayne Thomas Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
20160010
20172311
20186611
20195513

Wayne Thomas Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015979694
2016949594
2017969694
2018939394
2019969694

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