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Pleasant Acres Elementary School reports 20% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pleasant Acres Elementary School fell to 20 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 93 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 22 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 257 students in the 2017-18 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.

Pleasant Acres Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
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
2018
20
22
11
93
92
94

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