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Monday, November 25, 2024

Carman-Buckner Elementary School reports 27% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Carman-Buckner Elementary School fell to 27 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Waukegan CUSD 60 saw a chronic truancy rate of 24 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 606 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Carman-Buckner Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
23
17
9
94
94
95
2015
27
19
9
94
93
94
2016
32
18
10
93
94
94
2017
39
25
11
91
92
94
2018
27
24
11
92
93
94

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