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Central Junior High reports 19% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Central Junior High rose to 19 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Kewanee CUSD 229 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 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 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

YearSchoolDistrictState
201510129
2016441510
2017171111
2018141511
2019192113

Central Junior High daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939394
2016949494
2017939394
2018959394
2019939194

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