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North Elementary School reports 19% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at North Elementary School fell to 19 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 Alton CUSD 11 saw a chronic truancy rate of 22 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 559 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.

North Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201516129
2016171210
2017151511
2018211711
2019192213

North Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939394
2016949394
2017939394
2018939394
2019959394

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