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Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School rose to 17 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2 saw a chronic truancy rate of 9 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 119 students in the 2017-18 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.

Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
6
3
9
91
93
95
2015
6
5
9
92
94
94
2016
3
6
10
93
94
94
2017
10
8
11
93
94
94
2018
17
9
11
93
94
94

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