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Jersey Community Middle School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jersey Community Middle School fell to seven 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 Jersey CUSD 100 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 520 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.

Jersey Community Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015789
20167710
201710611
201810511
20197613

Jersey Community Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959594
2017959594
2018959594
2019949594

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