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Washington Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington Elementary School stayed flat at 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Dolton SD 148 saw a chronic truancy rate of 0.3 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 303 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Washington Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.29
20160.40.210
201710.211
201810.411
201910.313

Washington Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939394
2016949494
2017929394
2018929394
2019919294

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