The schools average daily attendance rate was 92 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 475 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Dunbar Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
2
5
9
94
88
95
2015
6
3
9
93
88
94
2016
13
5
10
95
85
94
2017
20
20
11
93
86
94
2018
59
84
11
92
85
94
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