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New Athens Junior High reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at New Athens Junior High rose to three percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The New Athens CUSD 60 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 119 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

New Athens Junior High chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015269
20163710
20171611
20182911
20193513

New Athens Junior High daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016949594
2017959594
2018949594
2019949594

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