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O'Fallon High School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at O'Fallon High School rose to seven 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The O Fallon Twp HSD 203 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 2,470 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

O'Fallon High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20161110
20174411
20186611
20196613
20207710

O'Fallon High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959594
2017959594
2018949494
2019949494
2020959595

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