Lake County Gazette

The truancy rate at W.J. Murphy Elementary School fell to four 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 Round Lake CUSD 116 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 498 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	7	11	10
2017	12	14	11
2018	11	14	11
2019	22	19	13
2020	4	13	10

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