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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Nicholas A. Hermes Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Nicholas A. Hermes Elementary School rose to 16 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 96 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 581 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Nicholas A. Hermes Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20157179
201681510
2017121911
2018111811
2019163013

Nicholas A. Hermes Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939094
2016949094
2017959094
2018959194
2019969194

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