North Cook News

The truancy rate at Dewey Elementary School fell to seven 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 96 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 10 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 461 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 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	11	9	10
2017	11	10	11
2018	12	10	11
2019	12	11	13
2020	7	10	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	96	94
2017	95	95	94
2018	95	95	94
2019	95	95	94
2020	96	96	95