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Meridian High School reports 38% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Meridian High School rose to 38 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Meridian CUSD 101 saw a chronic truancy rate of 33 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 111 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Meridian High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201550289
2016241210
2017202111
2018201011
2019383313

Meridian High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919294
2016919394
2017949394
2018919294
2019919394

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