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Washington Elementary School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington Elementary School rose to 12 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Evanston CCSD 65 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 536 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Washington Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20159109
201613910
2017111011
2018101011
2019121113

Washington Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017959594
2018969594
2019969594

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