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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Elverado High School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Elverado High School rose to eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Carbondale Reporter 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 Elverado CUSD 196 saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 116 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.

Elverado High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015439
20162310
20171311
20183811
201981013

Elverado High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949594
2017939494
2018949494
2019939494

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