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Douglas Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Douglas Elementary School fell to one 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Belleville SD 118 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 262 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Douglas Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20160110
20170211
201812411
20191613

Douglas Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949594
2017949594
2018949494
2019949494

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