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Edgewood Middle School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Edgewood Middle School rose to six 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 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 792 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.

Edgewood Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
20160010
20175311
20181611
20196513

Edgewood Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959694
2016959594
2017959694
2018929394
2019959694

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