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Egyptian Senior High School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Egyptian Senior High School fell to eight 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 95 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 92 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Egyptian Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201615810
20175511
20185411
201913813
20208510

Egyptian Senior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016929394
2017929494
2018949494
2019929494
2020959695

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