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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Westfield School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Westfield School fell to one percent during the 2019-20 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 Winthrop Harbor SD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 298 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Westfield School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20162310
20174311
20189511
20193313
20201210

Westfield School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949494
2017959594
2018959594
2019959594
2020969695

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