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Pontiac High School reports 12% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Nov 19, 2021

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The truancy rate at Pontiac High School rose to 12 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pontiac Twp HSD 90 saw a chronic truancy rate of 12 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 651 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Pontiac High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20161110
20171111
20183311
2019121213

Pontiac High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015929294
2016939394
2017939394
2018939394
2019939394

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