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Wells Elementary School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wells Elementary School rose to 14 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East Moline SD 37 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 434 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Wells Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151039
201615510
20179611
201812511
2019141313

Wells Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949594
2017949394
2018949494
2019949494

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