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Heritage Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Heritage Elementary School rose to 16 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 SD U-46 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 447 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.

Heritage Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
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20167910
201791211
2018101411
2019162013

Heritage Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959494
2017949394
2018949394
2019949394

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