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Hardin County Junior High School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Hardin County Junior High School rose to 10 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Hardin County CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 116 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Hardin County Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
19
11
10
92
92
94
2014
43
38
9
93
92
95
2015
9
14
9
93
93
94
2016
4
11
10
95
93
94
2017
10
18
11
93
92
94

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