The school's average daily attendance rate was 87 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East St Louis SD 189 saw a chronic truancy rate of 82 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.
The school enrolled 393 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2017 | 24 | 20 | 11 |
| 2018 | 81 | 84 | 11 |
| 2019 | 85 | 82 | 13 |
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 91 | 88 | 94 |
| 2016 | 90 | 85 | 94 |
| 2017 | 89 | 86 | 94 |
| 2018 | 88 | 85 | 94 |
| 2019 | 87 | 86 | 94 |
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