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John Jay Elementary School reports 13% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at John Jay Elementary School rose to 13 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 94 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 337 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

John Jay Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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201610210
20177311
201810311
201913913

John Jay Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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2016949594
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