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Benjamin Franklin Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School rose to eight 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 262 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Benjamin Franklin Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
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2017959494
2018959494
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