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Elmwood Elementary School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Elmwood Elementary School rose to six 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 Elmwood Park CUSD 401 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 585 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.

Elmwood Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.219
20160210
20173211
20180211
20196613

Elmwood Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016969594
2017969594
2018959494
2019959494

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