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Taft School reports 45% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Taft School rose to 45 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 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 394 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.

Taft School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.19
20160110
20170111
201800.411
2019453513

Taft School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016949494
2017939494
2018929394
2019939394

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