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Westmore Elementary School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Westmore Elementary School rose to 12 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal 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 SD 45 Dupage County saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 386 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Westmore Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20160110
20174811
20181511
2019121413

Westmore Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959594
2017949594
2018959594
2019979694

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