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Washington Attendance Center reports 21% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington Attendance Center rose to 21 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 96 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 345 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Washington Attendance Center chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015149
20162210
20171211
20183611
2019211313

Washington Attendance Center daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959594
2017959494
2018968994
2019969594

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