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Marissa Elementary School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Marissa Elementary School rose 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 Marissa CUSD 40 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 320 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.

Marissa Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015329
20161210
20171111
20185811
201991113

Marissa Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969594
2017959494
2018959494
2019959494

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