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Center Elementary School reports 24% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Center Elementary School rose to 24 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 93 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 23 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 316 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Center Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015269
201631510
201731511
201801411
2019242313

Center Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949394
2016949394
2017959394
2018949394
2019939394

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