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Prescott Elementary School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Prescott Elementary School rose to 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire 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 City Of Chicago SD 299 saw a chronic truancy rate of 33 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 449 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.

Prescott Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20153279
201633210
201753411
201893111
2019103313

Prescott Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969494
2016969494
2017969394
2018969394
2019969394

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