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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Canterbury Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Canterbury Elementary School rose to 2 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a McHenry Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Crystal Lake CCSD 47 saw a chronic truancy rate of 1 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 449 students in the 2017-18 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.

Canterbury Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
3
1
9
96
96
95
2015
1
1
9
95
95
94
2016
1
1
10
96
95
94
2017
0.4
0.4
11
95
95
94
2018
2
1
11
96
95
94

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