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Monday, May 13, 2024

Glenwood Elementary School reports 24% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Glenwood Elementary School rose to 24 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 94 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 697 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Glenwood Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201525199
2016231810
2017232511
2018222411
2019243813

Glenwood Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949394
2016949494
2017949294
2018949394
2019949194

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