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Burnham Elementary School reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Burnham Elementary School rose to 17 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Burnham SD 154-5 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 196 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Burnham Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20169910
20174411
20186611
2019171713

Burnham Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017969694
2018959594
2019969694

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