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Liberty Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Liberty Elementary School fell to 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 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Orland SD 135 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 562 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Liberty Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160010
20170011
20184711
20193413
20201210

Liberty Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969694
2017969594
2018969594
2019999694
2020979795

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