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Jersey Community High School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jersey Community High School rose 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 95 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 992 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 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 High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151089
20168710
20174611
20181511
20197613

Jersey Community High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016949594
2017949594
2018949594
2019959594

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