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Bement Middle School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Bement Middle School rose to three percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Bement CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 64 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Bement Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201510.39
20162110
20170011
20182111
20193313

Bement Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016949594
2017949594
2018969594
2019949594

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