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Scales Mound Elementary School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Scales Mound Elementary School rose to three 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Scales Mound CUSD 211 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 133 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Scales Mound Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160110
20170311
20180111
20190013
20203110

Scales Mound Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016979794
2017969694
2018969694
2019969694
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