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Elden D. Finley Junior High School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Elden D. Finley Junior High School rose to eight 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Chicago Ridge SD 127-5 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 435 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Elden D. Finley Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20160.30.410
20171211
20181211
20198413

Elden D. Finley Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939594
2016949594
2017949494
2018949494
2019949494

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