North Cook News

The truancy rate at V.H. Nelson Elementary School stayed flat at five 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 89 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East Maine SD 63 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 501 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 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	2	3	10
2017	3	3	11
2018	5	5	11
2019	5	5	13
2020	5	5	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	95	94
2017	95	95	94
2018	95	95	94
2019	95	95	94
2020	89	91	95