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Carl Sandburg Middle School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Carl Sandburg Middle School fell to nine 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Freeport SD 145 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 558 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Carl Sandburg Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016111510
2017111511
2018121411
2019222313
202091310

Carl Sandburg Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016939394
2017939394
2018939394
2019939394
2020959595

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