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New Athens High School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at New Athens High School fell to nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Metro East Sun 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 New Athens CUSD 60 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 148 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.

New Athens High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151669
201616710
201715611
201823911
20199513

New Athens High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016949594
2017959594
2018949594
2019959594

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