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Oliver W. Holmes Middle School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Oliver W. Holmes Middle School stayed flat at nine 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 719 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.

Oliver W. Holmes Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015219
20164110
20171111
20189311
20199313

Oliver W. Holmes Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969594
2017959594
2018959594
2019959594

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