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Central School reports 0% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Central 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Glencoe SD 35 saw a chronic truancy rate of 0 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 525 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.

Central School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160010
20170011
20180.30.211
20190.20.113
20200010

Central School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959594
2017959594
2018949594
2019959594
2020969695

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