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Granite City High School reports 19% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Dec 26, 2021

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The truancy rate at Granite City High School rose to 19 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Granite City CUSD 9 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,821 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Granite City High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201515129
2016181410
2017161711
2018151811
2019192113

Granite City High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015889194
2016879194
2017889094
2018868994
2019929294

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