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Edison Junior High School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Edison Junior High School rose to 18 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 92 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 389 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Edison Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Edison Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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