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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

J.B. Kennedy Elementary School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at J.B. Kennedy Elementary School rose to three 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 Burbank SD 111 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 369 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.

J.B. Kennedy Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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J.B. Kennedy Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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