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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Jefferson Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jefferson 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 99 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 292 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 99 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Jefferson Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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20164810
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2018402111
201911313

Jefferson Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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2016929494
2017919394
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