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Metropolis Elementary School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Metropolis Elementary School fell to 10 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 Massac Ud 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 540 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.

Metropolis Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20167610
2017151311
2018181211
2019191113
202010610

Metropolis Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016939494
2017939394
2018929394
2019949394
2020959595

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