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Forrestal Elementary School reports 44% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Forrestal Elementary School rose to 44 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The North Chicago SD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 43 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 446 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Forrestal Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201534179
2016182510
2017363411
2018353111
2019444313

Forrestal Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015909294
2016939294
2017939294
2018929194
2019919094

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