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Pope County Elementary School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pope County Elementary School rose to five 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 Pope Co Cud 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 349 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.

Pope County Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015129
20161110
20173411
20184511
20195713

Pope County Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949494
2017949494
2018949494
2019949494

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