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Liberty Elementary School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Liberty Elementary School fell to three 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 99 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Orland SD 135 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 548 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 99 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Liberty Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
20160010
20170011
20184711
20193413

Liberty Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969694
2017969594
2018969594
2019999694

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