The schools average daily attendance rate was 90 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Cairo USD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 44 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 170 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Cairo Jr/Sr High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
68
58
9
90
91
95
2015
64
59
9
90
91
94
2016
71
60
10
89
92
94
2017
41
31
11
89
92
94
2018
47
44
11
90
91
94
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