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Elmwood Park High School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Elmwood Park High School rose to 10 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Elmwood Park CUSD 401 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 963 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Elmwood Park High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20163210
20171211
20185211
20199613
202010610

Elmwood Park High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949594
2017949594
2018939494
2019929494
2020949595

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