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C. Henry Bloom Elementary School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at C. Henry Bloom Elementary School fell to 15 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 407 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.

C. Henry Bloom Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151179
201610710
201713811
201819911
2019152313

C. Henry Bloom Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949494
2017939494
2018919294
2019929194

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