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Mitchell Elementary School reports 23% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Mitchell Elementary School rose to 23 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Granite City CUSD 9 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 408 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Mitchell Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201511129
2016101410
2017141711
2018191811
2019232113

Mitchell Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015929194
2016929194
2017939094
2018928994
2019919294

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