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Hardin County High School reports 34% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Hardin County High School rose to 34 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 Hardin County CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 25 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 163 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.

Hardin County High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201517149
2016131110
2017171811
2018121211
2019342513

Hardin County High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919394
2016939394
2017929294
2018919394
2019919394

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