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Penniman Elementary School reports 42% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Aug 20, 2021

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The truancy rate at Penniman Elementary School rose to 42 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Cahokia CUSD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 51 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 325 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Penniman Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20157199
201682210
2017222711
2018354111
2019425113

Penniman Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939194
2016939294
2017939094
2018908794
2019918994

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