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Blackhawk Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Blackhawk Elementary School rose to 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a NW Illinois News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Freeport SD 145 saw a chronic truancy rate of 23 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 267 students in the 2018-19 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.

Blackhawk Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015369
201651510
2017141511
201881411
2019162313

Blackhawk Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949394
2016959394
2017939394
2018939394
2019949394

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