South Cook News

The truancy rate at Lincoln Elementary School stayed flat at 0.3 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 93 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 333 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	1	0.2	9
2016	0	0.2	10
2017	0	0.2	11
2018	0.3	0.4	11
2019	0.3	0.3	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	93	94
2016	94	94	94
2017	94	93	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	93	92	94