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Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School rose to eight 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 96 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 472 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201510199
2016101810
2017102511
201852411
201983813

Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969394
2016969494
2017959294
2018959394
2019969194

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