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Alton High School reports 26% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Alton High School rose to 26 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Alton CUSD 11 saw a chronic truancy rate of 22 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,969 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Alton High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201511129
2016171210
2017201511
2018201711
2019262213

Alton High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939394
2016939394
2017939394
2018939394
2019929394

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