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Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School stayed flat at 14 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 289 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
8
7
9
93
93
95
2015
6
9
9
93
93
94
2016
9
9
10
92
93
94
2017
14
11
11
93
93
94
2018
14
18
11
92
92
94

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