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Urbana Middle School reports 26% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Urbana Middle School rose to 26 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Urbana SD 116 saw a chronic truancy rate of 24 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 979 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Urbana Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201511119
2016121310
201781211
2018222611
2019262413

Urbana Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919294
2016929294
2017939394
2018929294
2019909194

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