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George Washington Elementary School reports 20% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at George Washington Elementary School rose to 20 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 270 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.

George Washington Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20152189
2016161010
20173811
201891011
2019201613

George Washington Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959494
2017959494
2018949494
2019959494

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