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Mokena Elementary School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Mokena Elementary School rose to 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Will County Gazette 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 Mokena SD 159 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 681 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.

Mokena Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.239
20163710
20176511
20185411
201910813

Mokena Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017969694
2018969694
2019959694

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