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H.R. McCall Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at H.R. McCall Elementary School rose to 16 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 Waukegan CUSD 60 saw a chronic truancy rate of 38 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 452 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.

H.R. McCall Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201523199
2016121810
2017152511
2018112411
2019163813

H.R. McCall Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949394
2016959494
2017949294
2018949394
2019949194

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