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Everett F. Kerr Middle School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Everett F. Kerr Middle School rose to 15 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 Cook County SD 130 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 311 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.

Everett F. Kerr Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151589
201613810
2017111311
201891311
2019151713

Everett F. Kerr Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016959594
2017959594
2018959594
2019949594

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