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Pope Co High School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pope Co High School fell to three 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pope Co Cud 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 163 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Pope Co High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20163110
20177411
20189511
201911713
20203210

Pope Co High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016939494
2017939494
2018949494
2019959494
2020969595

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