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Kenneth Murphy School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Kenneth Murphy 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 95 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 389 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Kenneth Murphy School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
20160010
20170.2111
20180011
2019111713

Kenneth Murphy School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959394
2016959394
2017959494
2018959394
2019959494

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