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Willard Elementary School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Willard 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 97 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 493 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.

Willard Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20168910
201771011
201851011
201991113
202071010

Willard Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969694
2017959594
2018969594
2019959594
2020979695

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