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Edwardsville High School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Edwardsville 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Edwardsville CUSD 7 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 2,359 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.

Edwardsville High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015419
20163110
20174211
20186211
20197313

Edwardsville High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939594
2016939594
2017939494
2018939594
2019949594

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