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Bicentennial Elementary School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Bicentennial Elementary School rose to 10 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 96 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 291 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Bicentennial Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Bicentennial Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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