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William Harris Elementary School reports 36% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Aug 13, 2021

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The truancy rate at William Harris Elementary School rose to 36 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Education Daily Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 88 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Decatur SD 61 saw a chronic truancy rate of 29 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 289 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 88 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

William Harris Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20159109
2016201510
2017192011
2018302511
2019362913

William Harris Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919294
2016929294
2017919294
2018899194
2019889094

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