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Dr Donald Wharton Elementary School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Dr Donald Wharton Elementary School rose to five 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 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Summit SD 104 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 189 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Dr Donald Wharton Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20160210
20173211
20181811
20195513

Dr Donald Wharton Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016979694
2017969694
2018969694
2019979694

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