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Neil Armstrong Elementary School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Neil Armstrong Elementary School rose to 18 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Esd 159 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 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 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Neil Armstrong Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.329
20161410
20172911
201841111
2019181813

Neil Armstrong Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959694
2016969694
2017959694
2018959594
2019959594

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