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Oliver McCracken Middle School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Oliver McCracken Middle School rose to four percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a North Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Skokie SD 73-5 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 326 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Oliver McCracken Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160010
20170011
20183311
20193413
20204710

Oliver McCracken Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969694
2017949594
2018939594
2019969694
2020979695

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