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Northlake Middle School reports 0.2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Northlake Middle School fell to 0.2 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 Berkeley SD 87 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 455 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.

Northlake Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201600.110
201700.111
20180.2011
20191113
20200.2110

Northlake Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959694
2017969594
2018949594
2019959594
2020979795

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