The school's average daily attendance rate was 89 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Rockford SD 205 saw a chronic truancy rate of 23 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.
The school enrolled 491 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
R.K. Welsh Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 17 | 8 | 11 |
| 2018 | 26 | 9 | 11 |
| 2019 | 34 | 23 | 13 |
R.K. Welsh Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 94 | 94 | 94 |
| 2016 | 94 | 94 | 94 |
| 2017 | 93 | 94 | 94 |
| 2018 | 90 | 92 | 94 |
| 2019 | 89 | 91 | 94 |
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