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Caroline Sibley Elementary School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Caroline Sibley Elementary School stayed flat at 18 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 Dolton SD 149 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 603 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.

Caroline Sibley Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015119
201610610
201715911
2018181411
2019181613

Caroline Sibley Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016949594
2017949494
2018939594
2019949494

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