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Shiloh Park Elementary School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Shiloh Park Elementary School rose to 15 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Zion Esd 6 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 497 students in the 2016-17 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.

Shiloh Park Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
0.0
0.4
10
96
95
94
2014
0.0
1
9
96
95
95
2015
0.0
2
9
95
95
94
2016
4
3
10
95
95
94
2017
15
11
11
94
94
94

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