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East St. Louis Senior High School reports 100% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at East St. Louis Senior High School rose to 100 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 77 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East St Louis SD 189 saw a chronic truancy rate of 84 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 1,235 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 77 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

East St. Louis Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
1
5
9
81
88
95
2015
2
3
9
82
88
94
2016
3
5
10
73
85
94
2017
17
20
11
76
86
94
2018
100
84
11
77
85
94

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