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Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School reports 44% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Jul 17, 2021

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The truancy rate at Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School fell to 44 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Education Daily Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pembroke CCSD 259 saw a chronic truancy rate of 44 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 203 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20161110
20171111
2018676711
2019444413

Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016949494
2017959594
2018919194
2019939394

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