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Geff Elementary School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Geff Elementary School rose to nine percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a SE Illinois News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Geff CCSD 14 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 84 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Geff Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160010
2017212111
2018242411
20193313
20209910

Geff Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016979794
2017969694
2018969694
2019979794
2020979795

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