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Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School reports 26% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School rose to 26 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 Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 saw a chronic truancy rate of 23 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 285 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.

Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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2018141811
2019262313

Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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