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Rock Island High School reports 58% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Rock Island High School rose to 58 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 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 1,594 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.

Rock Island High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201518149
2016412010
2017301811
2018251611
2019583213

Rock Island High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015929494
2016879394
2017909394
2018919394
2019869194

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