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Egyptian Senior High School reports 13% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Egyptian Senior High School rose to 13 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Egyptian CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 96 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Egyptian Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20152099
201615810
20175511
20185411
201913813

Egyptian Senior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919294
2016929394
2017929494
2018949494
2019929494

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