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Woodrow Wilson Elementary School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Woodrow Wilson 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 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 727 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.

Woodrow Wilson Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20159139
201691210
20177611
201891411
2019141813

Woodrow Wilson Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017959594
2018949594
2019949494

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