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Byron Middle School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Byron Middle School rose to one 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Byron CUSD 226 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 333 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Byron Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015219
20160.3110
20170.3111
20180.30.311
20191213

Byron Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017959594
2018959594
2019949594

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