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Egyptian Junior High School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Egyptian Junior High School fell to three percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Egyptian CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 85 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Egyptian Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20169810
20179511
20188411
20194813
20203510

Egyptian Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016929394
2017959494
2018949494
2019969494
2020969695

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