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Madison Junior High School reports 58% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Madison Junior High School rose to 58 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 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Madison CUSD 12 saw a chronic truancy rate of 84 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 130 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Madison Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151559
20169410
20177411
20183611
2019588413

Madison Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949294
2016959294
2017939294
2018939094
2019908694

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