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Fulton Elementary School reports 0.3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Fulton Elementary School fell to 0.3 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 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The River Bend CUSD 2 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 394 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Fulton Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160.3110
20171111
20181111
20192313
20200.3110

Fulton Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969694
2017969694
2018969694
2019969594
2020979795

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