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Monday, May 20, 2024

Edna Rollins Elementary School reports 21% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Edna Rollins Elementary School rose to 21 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Aurora East USD 131 saw a chronic truancy rate of 19 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 401 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Edna Rollins Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
20
15
10
95
93
94
2014
14
16
9
95
92
95
2015
18
17
9
93
90
94
2016
12
15
10
94
90
94
2017
21
19
11
94
90
94

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