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Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center reports 0% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center fell to 0 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Ford Heights SD 169 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 290 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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