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Garfield Elementary School reports 25% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Aug 16, 2021

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The truancy rate at Garfield Elementary School rose to 25 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The SD U-46 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 298 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Garfield Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015769
20169910
2017151211
201881411
2019252013

Garfield Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959494
2017949394
2018949394
2019949394

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