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Freeport Middle School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Freeport Middle School rose to 18 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 92 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 551 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Freeport Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015369
201671510
201781511
2018111411
2019182313

Freeport Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939394
2016939394
2017929394
2018939394
2019929394

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