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Willard Elementary School reports 30% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Willard Elementary School rose to 30 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 218 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Willard Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151289
201691010
201710811
2018181011
2019301613

Willard Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016949494
2017939494
2018939494
2019939494

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