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Woodgate Elementary School reports 30% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Woodgate Elementary School rose to 30 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 Esd 159 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 322 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.

Woodgate Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015629
201617410
201714911
2018151111
2019301813

Woodgate Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959694
2016969694
2017969694
2018959594
2019959594

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