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Gower Middle School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Gower Middle School rose to six 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 Gower SD 62 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 370 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.

Gower Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
20160010
20174311
20180011
20196513

Gower Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959694
2016969694
2017969694
2018969594
2019969694

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