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Central Elementary School reports 0.3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Central Elementary School fell to 0.3 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Riverside SD 96 saw a chronic truancy rate of 0.1 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 396 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Central Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160010
20170011
20180011
20191113
20200.30.110

Central Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959694
2017959594
2018969694
2019949494
2020979795

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