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Gallatin High School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Gallatin High School fell to six 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 94 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 four percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 199 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Gallatin High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Gallatin High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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