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Eisenhower School reports 32% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Eisenhower School rose to 32 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 South Holland SD 151 saw a chronic truancy rate of 35 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 326 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.

Eisenhower School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.19
20162110
20171111
201810.411
2019323513

Eisenhower School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959494
2017949494
2018949394
2019949394

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