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Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School reports 13% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School fell to 13 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Dolton SD 149 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 299 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015119
20166610
201719911
2018151411
2019131613

Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015989494
2016949594
2017939494
2018939594
2019949494

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