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Gallatin Elementary School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Gallatin Elementary School fell to three 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 Gallatin CUSD 7 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 309 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.

Gallatin Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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20193813

Gallatin Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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