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West Side Primary School reports 0.3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at West Side Primary School rose to 0.3 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 Harrisburg CUSD 3 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 490 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.

West Side Primary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160.2110
20170.2211
20181311
20190313
20200.3210

West Side Primary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949394
2017949394
2018939394
2019959494
2020969595

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