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Laraway Elementary School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Laraway Elementary School rose to 10 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

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 Laraway CCSD 70c saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 312 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.

Laraway Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
24
30
10
96
96
94
2014
10
8
9
95
95
95
2015
6
8
9
96
95
94
2016
6
9
10
95
95
94
2017
10
11
11
95
94
94

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