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Jefferson Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jefferson Elementary School fell to two 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 97 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 six percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 109 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Jefferson Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160610
201701311
201811211
201941113
20202610

Jefferson Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016979494
2017959394
2018969394
2019969394
2020979595

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