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Washington Junior High School reports 19% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington Junior High School rose to 19 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 498 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.

Washington Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201512149
2016112010
2017111811
2018101611
2019193213

Washington Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016939394
2017939394
2018939394
2019939194

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