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Serena Hills Elementary School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Serena Hills Elementary School rose to 12 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Flossmoor SD 161 saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 327 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Serena Hills Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015859
201612710
20174411
20188911
2019121013

Serena Hills Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016959594
2017969594
2018959594
2019969694

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