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Putnam County Junior High School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Putnam County Junior High School stayed flat at one 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Putnam County CUSD 535 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 186 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Putnam County Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015439
20166210
20174211
20181311
20191613

Putnam County Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016949594
2017959594
2018959494
2019959494

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