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Westchester Primary School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Westchester Primary School rose to four 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 387 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 Primary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015329
20163310
20179511
20182311
20194613

Westchester Primary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016969694
2017959694
2018969694
2019959594

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