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Washington Dual Language Academy reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington Dual Language Academy rose to 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a West Cook News 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 Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 308 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Washington Dual Language Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201512179
201651310
201731011
20182811
2019102113

Washington Dual Language Academy daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017969494
2018969494
2019969494

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