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Forrestal Elementary School reports 36% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Forrestal Elementary School rose to 36 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The North Chicago SD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 34 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 326 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 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
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
29
9
10
94
91
94
2014
13
13
9
94
93
95
2015
34
17
9
90
92
94
2016
18
25
10
93
92
94
2017
36
34
11
93
92
94

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