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Laurel Hill Elementary School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Laurel Hill Elementary School fell to 14 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 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 491 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.

Laurel Hill Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015369
201610910
2017171211
2018201411
2019142013

Laurel Hill Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969494
2016969494
2017959394
2018949394
2019959394

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