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Gallatin Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Gallatin Elementary School fell to two 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 96 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 299 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Gallatin Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20166810
20175811
20184711
20193813
20202410

Gallatin Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959494
2017949494
2018949494
2019959494
2020969595

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