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Urbana High School reports 22% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Urbana High School fell to 22 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 89 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Urbana SD 116 saw a chronic truancy rate of 12 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 1,103 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Urbana High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
15
9
10
92
93
94
2014
13
9
9
89
93
95
2015
20
11
9
90
92
94
2016
24
13
10
89
92
94
2017
22
12
11
89
93
94

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