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East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School reports 92% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School fell to 92 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 85 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 647 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 85 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015139
20166510
2017232011
2018938411
2019928213

East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015878894
2016888594
2017858694
2018838594
2019858694

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