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Siu Charter School Of East St Louis reports 70% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Siu Charter School Of East St Louis fell to 70 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 88 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East St Louis SD 189 saw a chronic truancy rate of 82 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 113 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 88 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Siu Charter School Of East St Louis chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20153839
20163510
201712011
2018778411
2019708213

Siu Charter School Of East St Louis daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015888894
2016908594
2017878694
2018858594
2019888694

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