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Coolidge Junior High School reports 23% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Coolidge Junior High School rose to 23 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 89 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 961 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Coolidge Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
19
9
10
91
92
94
2014
14
10
9
91
92
95
2015
12
12
9
90
91
94
2016
14
14
10
91
91
94
2017
23
17
11
89
90
94

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