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Howe Elementary School reports 26% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Howe Elementary School rose to 26 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Beach Park CCSD 3 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 365 students in the 2018-19 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.

Howe Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
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20160010
20172111
20180011
2019261713

Howe Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
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2016959394
2017949494
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2019939494

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