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Conklin Elementary School reports 27% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Conklin Elementary School rose to 27 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 91 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 308 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Conklin Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015579
201612710
201716811
201819911
2019272313

Conklin Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016949494
2017939494
2018929294
2019919194

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