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Ellis Elementary School reports 64% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Ellis Elementary School rose to 64 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 88 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Rockford SD 205 saw a chronic truancy rate of 23 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 444 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 88 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Ellis Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20153079
201625710
201729811
201845911
2019642313

Ellis Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015909494
2016919494
2017919494
2018889294
2019889194

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