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Harrisburg High School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Harrisburg High School fell to five 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 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 569 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.

Harrisburg High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20161110
20174211
20187311
20198313
20205210

Harrisburg High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016909394
2017909394
2018929394
2019939494
2020949595

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