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Tampico Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Tampico Elementary School rose to two percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a NW Illinois News 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 Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 180 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Tampico Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.49
20160110
20171311
20181211
20192413

Tampico Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017959494
2018959494
2019969594

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