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Jefferson Elementary School reports 0% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jefferson Elementary School fell to 0 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 Sterling CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 435 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.

Jefferson Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015029
20160.3210
20170311
20180.3411
20190513

Jefferson Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016949494
2017949394
2018949494
2019959594

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