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Wayne City High School reports 13% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wayne City High School 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Wayne City CUSD 100 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 144 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Wayne City High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015739
20164210
20174311
20183111
201913613

Wayne City High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959694
2016969694
2017959694
2018969694
2019959594

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