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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

East Elementary School reports 23% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at East Elementary School rose to 23 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Zion Esd 6 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 176 students in the 2018-19 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.

East Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015029
20160310
2017201111
2018141411
2019232113

East Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969594
2017959494
2018959394
2019949494

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