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Eastlawn Elementary School reports 28% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Eastlawn Elementary School rose to 28 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Rantoul City SD 137 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 282 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Eastlawn Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20154139
2016161410
2017181711
2018222211
2019282013

Eastlawn Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939394
2016949494
2017939394
2018929294
2019939494

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