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Westchester Middle School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Westchester Middle School rose to three 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 Westchester SD 92-5 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 374 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.

Westchester Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.329
20160.3310
20170.3511
20181311
20193613

Westchester Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016969694
2017969694
2018959694
2019959594

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