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Liberty Elementary School reports 19% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Liberty Elementary School rose to 19 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Cicero SD 99 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 531 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Liberty Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201518139
2016121210
20179611
2018151411
2019191813

Liberty Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939594
2016969694
2017949594
2018949594
2019939494

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