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Hometown Elementary School reports 0.4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Hometown Elementary School fell to 0.4 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 Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 387 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.

Hometown Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201510.19
201600.110
201700.111
201810.411
20190.4113

Hometown Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016959594
2017959594
2018959594
2019959594

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