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Springfield Elementary School reports 0% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Springfield Elementary School fell to 0 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 96 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 one percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 344 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Springfield Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160.30.110
201710.411
201810.211
20194213
20200110

Springfield Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016919194
2017909094
2018949494
2019959594
2020969695

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