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Thomas Jefferson Elementary School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School rose to 14 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 370 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.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20155149
201662010
2017121811
2018101611
2019143213

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959394
2017949394
2018949394
2019939194

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