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Gardner Elementary School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Gardner Elementary School fell to five percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Illinois Valley Times 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 Gardner CCSD 72c saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 176 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Gardner Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015449
2016202010
20173311
20186611
20195513

Gardner Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959594
2017969694
2018969694
2019969694

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