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Southwest Elementary School reports 0.4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Southwest Elementary School rose to 0.4 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 Evergreen Park Esd 124 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 314 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.

Southwest Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.29
201600.310
20170211
201800.111
20190.4113

Southwest Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017969594
2018969594
2019959594

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