Hazel Dell Elementary School reports 23% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Aug 15, 2021

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The truancy rate at Hazel Dell Elementary School fell to 23 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Education Daily Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Springfield SD 186 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 155 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Hazel Dell Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

Year	School	District	State
2016	11	14	10
2017	15	20	11
2018	17	16	11
2019	28	31	13
2020	23	21	10

Hazel Dell Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	93	94
2017	94	92	94
2018	92	92	94
2019	93	91	94
2020	90	89	95

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