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Lincoln Middle School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Lincoln Middle School fell to nine 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 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 969 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.

Lincoln Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20157129
201691110
2017111411
2018101511
201991513

Lincoln Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949594
2017959594
2018949494
2019959494

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