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Eldorado Middle School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Eldorado Middle School rose to 16 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 Eldorado CUSD 4 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 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.

Eldorado Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015789
20166610
201722911
20186711
2019161613

Eldorado Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949394
2016949494
2017939394
2018949394
2019949394

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