South Cook News

The truancy rate at George Washington Elementary School rose to 35 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 268 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.

Year	School	District	State
2015	0	8	9
2016	0	8	10
2017	10	13	11
2018	8	13	11
2019	35	17	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	95	95	94
2016	95	95	94
2017	95	95	94
2018	95	95	94
2019	95	95	94