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Briar Glen Elementary School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Briar Glen Elementary School rose to nine 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 89 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 472 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.

Briar Glen Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015329
20162310
20171211
20184511
20199613

Briar Glen Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016969694
2017969694
2018959694
2019959694

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