Will County Gazette

The truancy rate at Richland Elementary School fell to six 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Richland Gsd 88a saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 923 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	11	12	9
2016	30	21	10
2017	29	26	11
2018	12	9	11
2019	6	6	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	96	96	94
2016	96	96	94
2017	95	96	94
2018	95	95	94
2019	96	96	94