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Home Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Home Elementary School rose to 16 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Lyons SD 103 saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 291 students in the 2018-19 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.

Home Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015549
20168310
20177411
20188611
2019161013

Home Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016959594
2017959594
2018959594
2019959594

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