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Jefferson Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jefferson Elementary School fell to 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Princeton Esd 115 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 209 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Jefferson Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201510.49
201610.210
20171111
20184411
20191213

Jefferson Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969594
2017959594
2018959594
2019969594

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