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Amboy High School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Amboy High School rose to seven 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Amboy CUSD 272 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 207 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Amboy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015329
20163110
201710.311
20181111
20197413

Amboy High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016959594
2017959594
2018949594
2019959594

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