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Tefft Middle School reports 21% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Tefft Middle School rose to 21 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 SD U-46 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 913 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.

Tefft Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015269
20167910
201791211
2018171411
2019212013

Tefft Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969494
2016969494
2017949394
2018939394
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