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Lewis and Clark Elementary School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Lewis and Clark Elementary School fell to 18 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 Alton CUSD 11 saw a chronic truancy rate of 22 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 295 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.

Lewis and Clark Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20157129
201691210
201791511
2018211711
2019182213

Lewis and Clark Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949394
2016949394
2017939394
2018939394
2019949394

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