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W.J. Zahnow Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at W.J. Zahnow Elementary School fell to one percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a SW Illinois News 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 Waterloo CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 436 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.

W.J. Zahnow Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015129
20161210
201727511
201832611
20191213

W.J. Zahnow Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959694
2017959594
2018959694
2019969694

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