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Fulton Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Fulton 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 River Bend CUSD 2 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 407 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.

Fulton Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20160.3110
20171111
20181111
20192313

Fulton Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017969694
2018969694
2019969594

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