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Meadowview School reports 56% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Meadowview School rose to 56 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 Country Club Hills SD 160 saw a chronic truancy rate of 43 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 420 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.

Meadowview School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201522159
2016342510
2017394311
2018353311
2019564313

Meadowview School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949494
2017949394
2018949294
2019939294

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