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Willow School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Willow School rose to six 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 Homewood SD 153 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 615 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.

Willow School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20167410
20177411
20185411
20196613

Willow School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016959594
2017949494
2018959594
2019959494

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