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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Lincoln Elementary School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Lincoln Elementary School rose to six 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Marion CUSD 2 saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 538 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Lincoln Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20163510
20174511
20183511
201961013

Lincoln Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959494
2017949494
2018949494
2019959494

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