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Sterling High School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Sterling High School rose to 12 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 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 1,012 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.

Sterling High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Sterling High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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