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Coal City Middle School reports 0% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Coal City Middle School fell to 0 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 Coal City CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 454 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.

Coal City Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015329
20163210
20173311
20183411
20190213

Coal City Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016969694
2017969594
2018969594
2019969694

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