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Annette Officer Elementary reports 80% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Annette Officer Elementary rose to 80 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 87 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 444 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Annette Officer Elementary chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
1
5
9
93
88
95
2015
0.0
3
9
92
88
94
2016
0.2
5
10
89
85
94
2017
24
20
11
88
86
94
2018
80
84
11
87
85
94

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