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Serena High School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Serena High School rose to four 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 Serena CUSD 2 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 210 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.

Serena High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015319
20163110
20175211
20183111
20194413

Serena High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939594
2016949594
2017949594
2018959594
2019959594

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