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Northeast Junior High School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Northeast Junior High School fell to 7 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 Silvis SD 34 saw a chronic truancy rate of 7 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 200 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.

Northeast Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
3
4
10
95
95
94
2014
11
7
9
94
95
95
2015
15
18
9
94
94
94
2016
12
15
10
94
95
94
2017
7
7
11
93
94
94

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