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Liberty Elementary School reports 23% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Liberty Elementary School fell to 23 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 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 25 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 220 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Liberty Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016161610
2017141811
2018161911
2019274213
2020232510

Liberty Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949294
2017939294
2018949194
2019949094
2020959395

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