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Scott Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Scott Elementary School fell to eight 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 Mannheim SD 83 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 424 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.

Scott Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015319
20163110
20170411
20189311
20198713

Scott Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017959594
2018949594
2019959594

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