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Bernard Long Elementary School reports 81% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Bernard Long Elementary School rose to 81 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 89 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Madison CUSD 12 saw a chronic truancy rate of 84 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 339 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Bernard Long Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015159
20161410
20170.3411
20181611
2019818413

Bernard Long Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939294
2016949294
2017939294
2018919094
2019898694

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