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Irving Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Irving Elementary School fell to two 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 Oak Park Esd 97 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 498 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.

Irving Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20162110
20172211
20185511
20195313
20202310

Irving Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969694
2017969594
2018969694
2019969694
2020979895

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