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Whittier Elementary School reports 23% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Whittier Elementary School rose to 23 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 Cook County SD 130 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 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 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Whittier Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015089
20160810
2017291311
201801311
2019231713

Whittier Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017959594
2018969594
2019959594

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