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Wilson Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wilson Elementary School fell to one 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 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 275 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.

Wilson Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015139
20160.4810
20170.3111
2018212111
201911313

Wilson Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016939494
2017929394
2018929394
2019979594

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