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Rock Island Academy reports 28% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Rock Island Academy rose to 28 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Rock Island SD 41 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 546 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Rock Island Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
15
10
9
94
94
95
2015
24
14
9
94
94
94
2016
22
20
10
94
93
94
2017
27
18
11
93
93
94
2018
28
16
11
92
93
94

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