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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Kennedy Elementary School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Kennedy Elementary School fell to 10 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 Chicago Heights SD 170 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 237 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.

Kennedy Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015239
20166810
20170.4111
2018182111
2019101313

Kennedy Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016959494
2017949394
2018939394
2019959594

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