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Westgate Elementary School reports 0.4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Westgate Elementary School rose to 0.4 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 Arlington Heights SD 25 saw a chronic truancy rate of 0.1 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 566 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.

Westgate Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
201600.110
20170011
20180.20.311
20190.40.113

Westgate Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959694
2016969694
2017969694
2018969694
2019969694

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