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Century Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Century Elementary School stayed flat at eight 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 Century CUSD 100 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 169 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.

Century Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201511109
201611710
20177611
20188611
20198813

Century Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949594
2017949394
2018949294
2019959594

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