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Jefferson Attendance Center reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jefferson Attendance Center fell to one 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 Carmi-White County CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 189 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.

Jefferson Attendance Center chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160.4210
20173211
20184611
201971313
20201510

Jefferson Attendance Center daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969594
2017959494
2018668994
2019959594
2020979695

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