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Cobden Junior High School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Cobden Junior High 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 98 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Cobden Sud 17 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 118 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 98 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Cobden Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20161510
20172311
20184511
20194413
20202210

Cobden Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016979794
2017979794
2018979794
2019979794
2020989895

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