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Jefferson Elementary School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jefferson Elementary School rose to 14 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 Berwyn North SD 98 saw a chronic truancy rate of 15 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 580 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.

Jefferson Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20156129
201681110
2017121411
2018111511
2019141513

Jefferson Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959594
2017959594
2018959494
2019959494

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