North Cook News

The truancy rate at Lincoln Elementary School fell 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 95 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 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 467 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	13	9	10
2017	9	12	11
2018	12	14	11
2019	13	20	13
2020	4	14	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	94	94
2017	95	93	94
2018	95	93	94
2019	95	93	94
2020	95	93	95