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Prairie Oak School reports 21% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Prairie Oak School fell to 21 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 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 783 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.

Prairie Oak School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201524129
2016161110
2017201411
2018221511
2019211513

Prairie Oak School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016959594
2017959594
2018949494
2019949494

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