Alhambra Primary School reports 0% truancy rate

Alhambra Primary School reports 0% truancy rate
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The truancy rate at Alhambra Primary School stayed flat at 0 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school’s average daily attendance rate was 98 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Highland CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of 0 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 171 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 98 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Alhambra Primary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year School District State
2016 0 2 10
2017 0 4 11
2018 0 1 11
2019 0 2 13
2020 0 0 10
Alhambra Primary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
Year School District State
2016 96 96 94
2017 95 96 94
2018 96 96 94
2019 96 95 94
2020 98 96 95


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