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Armstrong High School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Armstrong High School rose to nine 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 Armstrong Twp HSD 225 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 134 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.

Armstrong High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20163310
20170011
20182211
20199913

Armstrong High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016939394
2017949494
2018949494
2019949494

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