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Garfield Elementary School reports 25% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Garfield Elementary School rose to 25 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Danville CCSD 118 saw a chronic truancy rate of 42 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 208 students in the 2018-19 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.

Garfield Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20152129
201631610
201781811
201871911
2019254213

Garfield Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969294
2016959294
2017959294
2018949194
2019939094

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