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Galatia Elementary School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Galatia Elementary School rose to seven 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 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 211 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.

Galatia Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20162310
20172111
20184411
201971213

Galatia Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016949594
2017939494
2018939494
2019949394

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