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New Hope Elementary School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at New Hope Elementary School rose to four 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 98 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The New Hope CCSD 6 saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 192 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 98 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

New Hope Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20161110
20172211
20181111
20191113
20204410

New Hope Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016979794
2017969694
2018979794
2019989894
2020989895

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