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Pope Co High School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pope Co High School rose to 11 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 Pope Co Cud 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 153 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.

Pope Co High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20163110
20177411
20189511
201911713

Pope Co High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016939494
2017939494
2018949494
2019959494

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