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Wagoner Elementary reports 56% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wagoner Elementary 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The CCSD 168 saw a chronic truancy rate of 22 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 492 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Wagoner Elementary chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Wagoner Elementary daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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