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Century Elementary School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Century Elementary School fell to seven 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 Century CUSD 100 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 167 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.

Century Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201611710
20177611
20188611
20198813
20207710

Century Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949594
2017949394
2018949294
2019959594
2020979695

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