Kane County Reporter

The truancy rate at Oak Park Elementary School rose to 12 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Kane County Reporter 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 Aurora East USD 131 saw a chronic truancy rate of 30 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 484 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.

Year	School	District	State
2015	15	17	9
2016	7	15	10
2017	10	19	11
2018	8	18	11
2019	12	30	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	90	94
2016	95	90	94
2017	95	90	94
2018	96	91	94
2019	95	91	94