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Hillcrest Elementary School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Hillcrest Elementary School rose to 15 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East Moline SD 37 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 333 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Hillcrest Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015239
20163510
20173611
20181511
2019151313

Hillcrest Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959594
2017949394
2018959494
2019949494

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