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Western Trails Elementary School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Western Trails Elementary School rose to three 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The CCSD 93 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 335 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Western Trails Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
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Western Trails Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959794
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2018959594
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