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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Park East School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Park East School rose to three 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 Grayslake CCSD 46 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 376 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.

Park East School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.29
20160110
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20181111
20193313

Park East School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016939394
2017939294
2018929294
2019969694

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