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Burr Ridge Middle School reports 13% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Burr Ridge Middle School rose to 13 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The CCSD 180 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 253 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Burr Ridge Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
20160010
20170011
20180011
2019131313

Burr Ridge Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959594
2017959494
2018959594
2019959594

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