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Longfellow Elementary School reports 33% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Longfellow Elementary School rose to 33 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 Rock Island SD 41 saw a chronic truancy rate of 32 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 287 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.

Longfellow Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201524149
2016242010
2017251811
201891611
2019333213

Longfellow Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949394
2017939394
2018949394
2019939194

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