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Egyptian Junior High School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Egyptian Junior High School fell to four 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 96 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 91 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.

Egyptian Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151199
20169810
20179511
20188411
20194813

Egyptian Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939294
2016929394
2017959494
2018949494
2019969494

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