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Freedom Middle School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Freedom Middle School fell to four 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 Berwyn South SD 100 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 631 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.

Freedom Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20163310
20172111
20186311
201910413
20204310

Freedom Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969694
2017959594
2018959594
2019959594
2020979795

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