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Merrill Elementary School reports 0.4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Merrill Elementary School fell to 0.4 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 Rock Falls Esd 13 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 251 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.

Merrill Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201610.410
20170.30.311
201810.411
20191213
20200.4110

Merrill Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969594
2017959594
2018969594
2019959594
2020969695

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