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Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center reports 30% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center rose to 30 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Ford Heights SD 169 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 169 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
15
12
9
93
93
95
2015
16
13
9
94
93
94
2016
29
33
10
95
95
94
2017
26
14
11
94
94
94
2018
30
16
11
93
93
94

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