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Lincoln Elementary School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Lincoln 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Anna CCSD 37 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 250 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Lincoln Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015239
20166310
20174411
20183311
20197613

Lincoln Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016959594
2017959594
2018959594
2019949494

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