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Galva Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Galva 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Galva CUSD 224 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 280 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.

Galva Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.419
20160310
20171311
20182511
20198913

Galva Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969594
2017959494
2018959594
2019969694

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