Quantcast

West Cook News

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Grant Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

Webp highschool151

The truancy rate at Grant Elementary School rose to one 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 Bellwood SD 88 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 397 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.

Grant Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.29
201600.210
20170211
20180111
20191113

Grant Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017969594
2018969594
2019959494

MORE NEWS