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West Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at West Elementary School rose to two percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Sycamore CUSD 427 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 280 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

West Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160110
20170111
20181111
20191213
20202210

West Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969594
2017969594
2018959394
2019959694
2020979695

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