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Joyce Kilmer Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School rose to one 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 506 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.

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20160110
20170111
20180.4311
20191313

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017969594
2018969594
2019959594

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