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Whittier Primary School reports 0.4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Whittier Primary School rose to 0.4 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Berkeley SD 87 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 400 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Whittier Primary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.19
201600.110
201700.111
20180011
20190.4113

Whittier Primary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959694
2017949594
2018949594
2019949594

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