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Garfield Elementary School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Garfield Elementary School fell to 18 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 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 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 440 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Garfield Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016141310
2017101011
20187811
2019282113
2020181410

Garfield Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959694
2017949494
2018949494
2019949494
2020969695

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