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Cairo Elementary School reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Cairo Elementary School fell to 17 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 Cairo USD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 19 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 168 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.

Cairo Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016496010
2017223111
2018424411
2019404213
2020171910

Cairo Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949294
2017949294
2018919194
2019939294
2020969495

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