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Whittier Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Whittier Elementary School rose 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Oak Park Esd 97 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 448 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Whittier Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015119
20160110
20172211
20187511
20198313

Whittier Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016979694
2017969594
2018969694
2019969694

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