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Heather Hill Elementary School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Heather Hill Elementary School rose to 15 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Flossmoor SD 161 saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 258 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Heather Hill Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015659
20164710
20179411
201813911
2019151013

Heather Hill Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017969594
2018959594
2019959694

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