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Nichols Middle School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Nichols Middle 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 94 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 780 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Nichols Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201514109
201610910
201781011
201881011
2019121113

Nichols Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016959694
2017949594
2018959594
2019949594

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