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Meade Park Elementary School reports 24% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Meade Park Elementary School rose to 24 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 91 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 392 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Meade Park Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
9
9
10
94
93
94
2014
5
10
9
94
93
95
2015
10
12
9
93
92
94
2016
13
16
10
94
92
94
2017
24
18
11
91
92
94

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