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Diekman Elementary School reports 44% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Diekman Elementary School rose to 44 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 Dolton SD 149 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 360 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.

Diekman Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20161610
20172911
2018341411
2019441613

Diekman Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016949594
2017939494
2018959594
2019959494

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