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Fairhaven School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Fairhaven School rose to 11 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 Diamond Lake SD 76 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 261 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.

Fairhaven School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.19
20160110
201700.411
20182111
201911413

Fairhaven School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016949594
2017949694
2018949594
2019949594

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