The schools average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Valley View CUSD 365u saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 735 students in the 2016-17 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.
Independence Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
6
9
10
96
94
94
2014
10
14
9
96
94
95
2015
7
15
9
96
93
94
2016
11
14
10
95
94
94
2017
8
11
11
95
93
94