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Pearl City Junior High School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pearl City Junior High School rose to seven percent during the 2019-20 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 Pearl City CUSD 200 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 79 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Pearl City Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160110
20172111
20180011
20192313
20207210

Pearl City Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969694
2017959694
2018979794
2019979694
2020949795

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