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Oak Valley Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Oak Valley Elementary School fell to 16 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 92 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 143 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Oak Valley Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
50
30
10
94
96
94
2014
1
8
9
95
95
95
2015
15
8
9
94
95
94
2016
19
9
10
92
95
94
2017
16
11
11
92
94
94

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