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Dupo High School reports 13% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Dupo High School rose to 13 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Dupo CUSD 196 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 264 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Dupo High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
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20165410
20176511
20187511
201913713

Dupo High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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2016939494
2017929494
2018929494
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