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Cahokia High School reports 64% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Cahokia High School rose to 64 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 Cahokia CUSD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 51 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 772 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.

Cahokia High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201536199
2016352210
2017382711
2018584111
2019645113

Cahokia High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015879194
2016929294
2017879094
2018808794
2019858994

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