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Algonquin Middle School reports 20% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Algonquin Middle School rose to 20 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 CCSD 62 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 650 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.

Algonquin Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20161110
201710.411
2018121011
2019131013
2020201310

Algonquin Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959694
2017959594
2018959594
2019949494
2020959595

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