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South View Upper Elementary School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at South View Upper Elementary School fell to 18 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Danville CCSD 118 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 824 students in the 2016-17 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.

South View Upper Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
22
9
10
92
93
94
2014
21
10
9
91
93
95
2015
26
12
9
90
92
94
2016
20
16
10
89
92
94
2017
18
18
11
93
92
94

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