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Oliver Parks 6th Grade School reports 51% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Oliver Parks 6th Grade School rose to 51 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 Cahokia CUSD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 51 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 252 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.

Oliver Parks 6th Grade School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20157199
2016102210
2017262711
2018374111
2019515113

Oliver Parks 6th Grade School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939194
2016919294
2017929094
2018908794
2019908994

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