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Shawnee High School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Shawnee High School rose to 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Southern Illinois News 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 Shawnee CUSD 84 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 88 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.

Shawnee High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151589
20169610
201711911
201812811
2019181113

Shawnee High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015929394
2016939494
2017949394
2018939494
2019959594

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