Chambana Sun

The truancy rate at Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary stayed flat at 0.0 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Prairieview-Ogden CCSD 197 saw a chronic truancy rate of 1 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 73 students in the 2016-17 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 94 percent.