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Wells Elementary School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wells Elementary School rose to 10 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Grayville CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 155 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Wells Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20161110
20172411
201891011
20196913
202010910

Wells Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959594
2017959494
2018949394
2019949494
2020959595

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