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South Primary School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at South Primary School fell to five 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Roxana CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 499 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

South Primary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016121010
20179911
201891011
2019121113
20205610

South Primary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949494
2017949394
2018949394
2019939394
2020969595

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