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Edwards County High School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Edwards County High School rose to eight 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 Edwards County CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 298 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.

Edwards County High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20165310
20174211
20184311
20198413

Edwards County High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969594
2017959694
2018959594
2019959594

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