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West Salem Grade School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at West Salem Grade School fell to two 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 Edwards County CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 149 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.

West Salem Grade School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015129
20161310
20171211
20184311
20192413

West Salem Grade School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017969694
2018969594
2019969594

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