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Mt Carmel Junior High School reports 25% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Mt Carmel Junior High School rose to 25 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 Wabash CUSD 348 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 234 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.

Mt Carmel Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015259
20160910
20174511
20181311
2019251413

Mt Carmel Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016959594
2017959594
2018959594
2019949594

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