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Little Fort Elementary School reports 24% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Little Fort Elementary School rose to 24 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 488 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.

Little Fort Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201515199
2016161810
2017112511
2018172411
2019243813

Little Fort Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949394
2016959494
2017949294
2018959394
2019949194

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