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Carmi White Cnty Junior High School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Carmi White Cnty Junior High School rose to 10 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Carmi-White County CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 187 students in the 2018-19 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.

Carmi White Cnty Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Carmi White Cnty Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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