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Galatia Junior High reports 13% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Galatia Junior High rose to 13 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Galatia CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 12 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 60 students in the 2018-19 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.

Galatia Junior High chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20162310
20171111
20184411
2019131213

Galatia Junior High daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017969494
2018949494
2019939394

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