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Melrose Park Elementary School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Melrose Park Elementary School fell to 7 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Maywood-melrose Park-Broadview 89 saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 865 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Melrose Park Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
16
24
10
96
95
94
2014
20
23
9
96
95
95
2015
13
17
9
95
95
94
2016
10
13
10
95
96
94
2017
7
10
11
95
94
94

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