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Washington-McKinley Elementary School reports 0% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington-McKinley Elementary School fell to 0 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 Chicago Heights SD 170 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 589 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.

Washington-McKinley Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015439
201615810
20170111
2018302111
201901313

Washington-McKinley Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949494
2017959394
2018959394
2019999594

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