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Oak Glen Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Oak Glen Elementary School rose to one 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 Lansing SD 158 saw a chronic truancy rate of 25 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 523 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.

Oak Glen Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
20160010
20170011
20180011
201912513

Oak Glen Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016959594
2017959494
2018949594
2019959494

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