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Fulton Junior High School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Fulton Junior High School fell to one 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 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The O Fallon CCSD 90 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 634 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Fulton Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160.2110
20171111
20181111
20192213
20201110

Fulton Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969694
2017969694
2018969694
2019969694
2020979795

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