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DePue High School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at DePue High School rose to 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Depue USD 103 saw a chronic truancy rate of 12 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 116 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

DePue High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015359
201615910
2017122211
201812611
2019181213

DePue High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016939594
2017909494
2018939594
2019949694

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