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Kolmar Elementary School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Kolmar Elementary School rose to four 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 Midlothian SD 143 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 574 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.

Kolmar Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.30.19
201600.110
20170.30.411
20180.30.211
20194213

Kolmar Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015909094
2016909194
2017909094
2018949494
2019959594

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