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Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School reports 85% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School rose to 85 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 87 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East St Louis SD 189 saw a chronic truancy rate of 82 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 393 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20163510
2017242011
2018818411
2019858213

Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015918894
2016908594
2017898694
2018888594
2019878694

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