The truancy rate at Salt Creek Elementary School rose to 12 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a North Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The school’s average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Comm Cons SD 59 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.
The school enrolled 434 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Salt Creek Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2019 | 12 | 9 | 13 |
Salt Creek Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
| 2016 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
| 2017 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
| 2018 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
| 2019 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
