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Pleasant Acres Elementary School reports 27% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pleasant Acres Elementary School rose to 27 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 Rantoul City SD 137 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 338 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.

Pleasant Acres Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
6
5
10
94
93
94
2014
2
7
9
93
93
95
2015
13
13
9
92
93
94
2016
14
14
10
93
94
94
2017
27
17
11
91
93
94

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