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Kishwaukee Elementary School reports 33% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Kishwaukee Elementary School rose to 33 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 90 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 253 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Kishwaukee Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015779
201615710
201721811
201826911
2019332313

Kishwaukee Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016939494
2017939494
2018919294
2019909194

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