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Meridian Elementary School reports 31% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Meridian Elementary School rose to 31 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 Meridian CUSD 101 saw a chronic truancy rate of 33 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 328 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.

Meridian Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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201681210
2017212111
201861011
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Meridian Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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2015929294
2016949394
2017929394
2018939294
2019949394

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