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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Northwood Junior High School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Northwood Junior High School fell to six 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 North Shore SD 112 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 515 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.

Northwood Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
20160010
20174311
20187611
20196513

Northwood Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016969594
2017969694
2018939394
2019959694

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