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Jefferson Attendance Center reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jefferson Attendance Center rose to seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a SE Illinois News 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 Carmi-White County CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 226 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.

Jefferson Attendance Center chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015049
20160.4210
20173211
20184611
201971313

Jefferson Attendance Center daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017959494
2018668994
2019959594

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