Lake County Gazette

The truancy rate at Oak Terrace Elementary School fell to 0 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 98 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 two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 468 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 98 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	0	0	10
2017	3	3	11
2018	4	6	11
2019	3	5	13
2020	0	2	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	95	94
2017	96	96	94
2018	94	93	94
2019	97	96	94
2020	98	97	95