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Belleville High School-West reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Belleville High School-West rose to 12 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 86 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Belleville Twp HSD 201 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 2,159 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 86 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Belleville High School-West chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015459
20164510
20175611
20185911
2019121313

Belleville High School-West daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939394
2016939494
2017939394
2018939394
2019868894

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