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Gregory Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Gregory Elementary School rose to 16 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 92 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 344 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Gregory Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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2019162313

Gregory Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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