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Lincoln Attendance Center reports 13% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Lincoln Attendance Center rose to 13 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a SE Illinois News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Carmi-White County CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of 6 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 208 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Lincoln Attendance Center chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
3
4
9
95
95
95
2015
1
4
9
95
95
94
2016
0.4
2
10
94
95
94
2017
2
2
11
94
94
94
2018
13
6
11
94
89
94

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