Lake County Gazette

The truancy rate at Forrestal Elementary School fell to 29 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The North Chicago SD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 27 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 405 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	18	25	10
2017	36	34	11
2018	35	31	11
2019	44	43	13
2020	29	27	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	93	92	94
2017	93	92	94
2018	92	91	94
2019	91	90	94
2020	94	93	95