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Blackstone Elementary School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Blackstone Elementary School rose to 11 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 Mendota CCSD 289 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 214 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.

Blackstone Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015329
20164210
20173311
20185311
201911913

Blackstone Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016949594
2017949594
2018959594
2019959594

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