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Founders Elementary School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Founders Elementary School fell to 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Dekalb CUSD 428 saw a chronic truancy rate of 19 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 590 students in the 2018-19 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.

Founders Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20152129
201631010
20173611
201812911
2019111913

Founders Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016969494
2017959494
2018949394
2019959294

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