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Monday, December 23, 2024

Shiloh Park Elementary School reports 25% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Shiloh Park Elementary School rose to 25 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 93 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 14 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 497 students in the 2017-18 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.

Shiloh Park Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
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
2018
25
14
11
93
93
94

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