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George O. Barr School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at George O. Barr School rose to nine 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Silvis SD 34 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 452 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

George O. Barr School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201519189
2016171510
20177711
20187711
20199813

George O. Barr School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959594
2017949494
2018949494
2019959494

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