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Challand Middle School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Challand Middle School stayed flat at two 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 Sterling CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 789 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.

Challand Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20161210
20172311
20184411
20192513
20202210

Challand Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959494
2017949394
2018949494
2019959594
2020979795

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