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Freeport Middle School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Freeport Middle School fell to 11 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a NW Illinois News 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 Freeport SD 145 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 538 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.

Freeport Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201671510
201781511
2018111411
2019182313
2020111310

Freeport Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016939394
2017929394
2018939394
2019929394
2020959595

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