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Monday, November 25, 2024

Red Oak Elementary School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Red Oak Elementary School rose to 12 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The North Shore SD 112 saw a chronic truancy rate of 6 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 326 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Red Oak Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
0
0
9
97
96
95
2015
0
0
9
96
96
94
2016
0
0
10
95
95
94
2017
2
3
11
96
96
94
2018
12
6
11
94
93
94