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Western Avenue Elementary School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Western Avenue Elementary School fell to four percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a South 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 Flossmoor SD 161 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 470 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.

Western Avenue Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160710
20171411
20188911
201981013
20204510

Western Avenue Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969594
2017969594
2018969594
2019969694
2020979795

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