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New Simpson Hill School District 32 reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at New Simpson Hill School District 32 fell to six 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 New Simpson Hill SD 32 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 254 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.

New Simpson Hill School District 32 chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20162210
20174411
20187711
20196613

New Simpson Hill School District 32 daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959594
2017949494
2018949494
2019959594

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