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C.M. Bardwell Elementary School reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at C.M. Bardwell Elementary School rose to 17 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 785 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.

C.M. Bardwell Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20159179
201661510
2017111911
2018141811
2019173013

C.M. Bardwell Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949094
2016949094
2017959094
2018959194
2019959194

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