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Egyptian Elementary School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Egyptian Elementary School rose to seven 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 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 226 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.

Egyptian Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015299
20164810
20172511
20182411
20197813

Egyptian Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939294
2016949394
2017949494
2018949494
2019959494

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