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Columbus West Elementary School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Columbus West Elementary School rose to 18 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 94 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 657 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Columbus West Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201511139
201691210
20177611
2018151411
2019181813

Columbus West Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017959594
2018959594
2019949494

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