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Melzer School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Melzer School rose to five percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a North Cook News 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 East Maine SD 63 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 480 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Melzer School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20162310
20171311
20181511
20191513
20205510

Melzer School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959594
2017969594
2018969594
2019969594
2020919195

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