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Central Junior High reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Central Junior High fell to 17 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Kewanee CUSD 229 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 260 students in the 2016-17 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.

Central Junior High chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
5
8
10
93
93
94
2014
1
8
9
93
93
95
2015
10
12
9
93
93
94
2016
44
15
10
94
94
94
2017
17
11
11
93
93
94

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