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Monday, December 23, 2024

Forrestal Elementary School reports 35% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Forrestal Elementary School fell to 35 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 North Chicago SD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 31 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 435 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.

Forrestal Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
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
2018
35
31
11
92
91
94

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