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Metropolis Elementary School reports 19% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Metropolis Elementary School rose to 19 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 Massac Ud 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 529 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.

Metropolis Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151269
20167610
2017151311
2018181211
2019191113

Metropolis Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939394
2016939494
2017939394
2018929394
2019949394

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