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Alton Middle School reports 20% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Alton Middle School rose to 20 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 93 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 1,399 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Alton Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201511129
2016121210
2017141511
2018151711
2019202213

Alton Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015929394
2016939394
2017939394
2018929394
2019939394

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