The schools average daily attendance rate was 88 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Granite City CUSD 9 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 1,810 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 88 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Granite City High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
11
9
10
90
92
94
2014
13
10
9
90
92
95
2015
15
12
9
88
91
94
2016
18
14
10
87
91
94
2017
16
17
11
88
90
94
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