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Dupo Junior High School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Dupo Junior High School fell to four percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Dupo CUSD 196 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 155 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Dupo Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20162410
20171511
20184511
201911713
20204510

Dupo Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949494
2017959494
2018959494
2019949494
2020939595

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