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Mark Twain Elementary School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Mark Twain Elementary School fell to four 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 Wheeling CCSD 21 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 471 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.

Mark Twain Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20163110
20170111
20185311
20194313

Mark Twain Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959594
2017959594
2018959594
2019959594

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