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Kewanee High School reports 34% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Kewanee High School rose to 34 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 86 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Kewanee CUSD 229 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 552 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 86 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Kewanee High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201521129
2016211510
2017201111
2018311511
2019342113

Kewanee High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919394
2016929494
2017929394
2018899394
2019869194

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