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Monday, November 25, 2024

Pershing Elementary School reports 25% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pershing Elementary School rose to 25 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Joliet PSD 86 saw a chronic truancy rate of 19 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 588 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Pershing Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
12
19
9
96
95
95
2015
10
19
9
95
94
94
2016
21
19
10
95
94
94
2017
21
18
11
94
94
94
2018
25
19
11
94
94
94

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