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Washington Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington Elementary School stayed flat at one percent during the 2019-20 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 148 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 323 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Washington Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160.40.210
201710.211
201810.411
201910.313
20201110

Washington Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949494
2017929394
2018929394
2019919294
2020949595

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