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Northwest Elementary School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Northwest Elementary School rose to 10 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The La Salle Esd 122 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 637 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Northwest Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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20150.319
20164410
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201872011
2019101113

Northwest Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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2015949494
2016959594
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