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Stevenson Middle School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Stevenson Middle School rose to 11 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 912 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Stevenson Middle School chronic truancy rates 3-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2017111011
201810811
2019112113

Stevenson Middle School daily attendance rates 3-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2017959494
2018959494
2019969494

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