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Sandridge Elementary School reports 30% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Sandridge Elementary School fell 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Sandridge SD 172 saw a chronic truancy rate of 30 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 343 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.

Sandridge Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Sandridge Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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