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Pleviak Elementary School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pleviak 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Round Lake CUSD 116 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 472 students in the 2016-17 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.

Pleviak Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
11
7
10
93
94
94
2014
14
8
9
93
94
95
2015
5
9
9
91
93
94
2016
5
11
10
93
94
94
2017
15
14
11
91
94
94

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