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Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School rose to 12 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 Wethersfield CUSD 230 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 247 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.

Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151179
20166410
20177411
20187911
201912713

Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016959694
2017959694
2018949594
2019949594

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