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Shawnee Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Shawnee Elementary School fell to one 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 99 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Shawnee CUSD 84 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 154 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 99 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Shawnee Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20164610
20172911
20186811
201951113
20201310

Shawnee Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959494
2017939394
2018949494
2019959594
2020999695

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