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Ellis Elementary School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Ellis Elementary School rose to four percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Metro East Sun 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 Harmony Emge SD 175 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 343 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.

Ellis Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015219
20163110
20172111
20183111
20194313

Ellis Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969594
2017959594
2018959594
2019959494

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