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Marissa Junior and Senior High School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Marissa Junior and Senior High School stayed flat at 12 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Marissa CUSD 40 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 250 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Marissa Junior and Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015129
20163210
20172111
201812811
2019121113

Marissa Junior and Senior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016949594
2017939494
2018939494
2019939494

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