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Cicero East Elementary School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Cicero East Elementary School rose to 15 percent during the 2017-18 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 Cicero SD 99 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 841 students in the 2017-18 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.

Cicero East Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
11
12
9
96
95
95
2015
10
13
9
96
95
94
2016
15
12
10
96
96
94
2017
5
6
11
95
95
94
2018
15
14
11
95
95
94

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